postconsumer

[ pohst-kuh n-soo-mer ]
/ ˌpoʊst kənˈsu mər /

adjective

noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.

Words nearby postconsumer

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Example sentences from the Web for post-consumer

  • The labels are printed on Ply-Corr cardboard, a material made from 50 percent post-consumer waste.

    The Curator's Tale |Ellen Lupton |July 7, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for post-consumer

post-consumer

adjective

  1. (of a consumer item) having been discarded for disposal or recovery
  2. having been recycled