Post-consumer recycling

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021697",
  "term": "Post-consumer recycling",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Post-Consumer Recycling",
  "definition": "1. Use of materials generated from residential and consumer waste for new or similar purposes; e.g. converting wastepaper from offices into corrugated boxes or newsprint.\n\n2. Materials or finished products that have served their intended use and have been diverted or recovered from waste destined for disposal, having completed their lives as consumer items. In contrast, pre-consumer recycling is material (e.g., from within the manufacturing process) that is recycled before it reaches the consumer.\n\n3. (Recycling of) materials or finished products that have served their intended use and have been diverted or recovered from waste destined for disposal, having completed their lives as consumer items.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Definitions and Acronyms",
    "Adapted from Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Definitions and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/post-consumer-recycling/"
}