; (ii) for each of calendar years 2025 through 2029, not less than 35 percent; (iii) for each of calendar years 2030 through 2034, not less than 50 percent; and (iv) for calendar year 2035 and each calendar year thereafter, not less than 60 percent; and (C) the consumer that uses the covered product or beverage container is not required to remove an attached component of the covered product or beverage container, such as a shrink sleeve, label, or filter, before the covered product or beverage container can be recycled. (15) Recycle (A) In general The term recycle means the series of activities by which a covered product is— (i) collected, sorted, and processed; and (ii) (I) converted into a raw material with minimal loss of material quality; (II) used in the production of a new product, including the original product; or (III) in the case of composting or organic recycling, productively used for soil improvement. (B) Exclusion The term recycle does not include— (i) the method of sorting, processing, and aggregating materials from solid waste that does not preserve the original material quality, and, as a result, the aggregated material is no longer usable for its initial purpose or product and can only be used for inferior purposes or products (commonly referred to as downcycling ); (ii) the use of waste— (I) as a fuel or fuel substitute; (II) for energy production; (III) for alternate operating cover; or (IV) within the footprint of a landfill; or (iii) the conversion of waste into alternative products, such as chemicals, feedstocks, fuels, and energy, through— (I) pyrolysis; (II) hydropyrolysis; (III) methanolysis; (IV) gasification; (V) enzymatic breakdown