post-consumer

adjective

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

Example Sentences

The policies are: mandate new products be made with 40% post-consumer recycled plastic; cap new plastic production at 2020 levels; invest significantly in plastic waste management -- such as landfills and waste collection services; and implement a small fee on plastic packaging.

From Science Daily

In response to those comments, the EPA wrote that the final policy was written to “respect this consumer expectation” that “products with labels indicating use of recycled content contain post-consumer recycled content.”

From Salon

A few weeks later on April Fool’s Day in 2007, Google would announce a new feature called “Gmail Paper” offering users the chance to have Google print out their email archive on “94% post-consumer organic soybean sputum ” and then have it sent to them through the Postal Service.

From Seattle Times

Bona’s spray bottles are made of 30% post-consumer recycled material.

From Seattle Times

Only 5-6 percent for post-consumer plastic waste in the US is actually recyclable, and the per capita generation of plastic waste has increased by 263 percent since 1980.

From National Geographic