The material (paper or plastic) that is left over once someone is done using it. For example, magazines, phonebooks, “junk mail,” and old homework are some paper items that would be considered post-consumer waste.
Material or product used by the consumer for its original purpose and then discarded.
is waste that is collected and sorted after the product has been used by the consumer. It included glass, newspaper and cans from special roadside "banks" or disposal facilities. It is generally much more variable in composition than pre-consumer waste.
discarded used consumer items collected for recycling from homes, retail stores, office buildings, etc., with the intention of incorporating these materials into new products.
(PCW) - Indicates material that is collected from end-users and recycled. PCW is the preferred form of recycled material because it reduces pressure on our remaining forests, saves water and energy, and diverts solid waste from our landfills.
Waste materials that have been used by consumers and recovered from the waste stream, which are then used as raw materials to make new products.
This is paper that has been used and then returned through a recycling program diverting it from the landfill. It is usually de-inked and then processed to make new paper. Office paper makes up the majority of post-consumer waste content papers.
That fraction of the waste stream that has passed through the hands of an end-user. Example: one-time used paper bags, newspapers, office papers.
Residential waste reused in industrial process, such as recycled newspapers used to manufacture more newsprint.
Waste that has reached the end user, typically homes and offices.
Products and packaging which have been discarded by household or business users; printers' trimmings are not post-consumer by most standards.
Paper, paperboard and fibrous wastes from retail stores, office buildings and homes after they have passed through their end-usage as a consumer item.
Post-consumer waste is collected through commercial and household recycling schemes and recycled content could include both post-consumer waste and post-industrial waste.
waste remaining after consumers use a product. Examples include bottles, food wrappers, newspaper, office paper and many other items.
Recovered paper material of those products generated by business or consumers which have served their intended end uses, and which have been separated or diverted from solid waste for the purpose of collection and recycling.
Post-consumer waste is a waste type produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product.