The amount of pre- and post-consumer recovered material introduced as a feed stock in a material production process, usually expressed as a percentage (e.g., 30% post-consumer content).
Materials that have been recovered or otherwise diverted from the solid waste stream, either during the manufacturing process (pre-consumer), or after consumer use (post-consumer). Pre-consumer material does not include materials normally reused by industry within the original manufacturing process.
The term recycled does not mean that a product contains 100% recovered materials. Nor does it mean that a product contains post-consumer materials. Recycled means that a product contains some recovered materials. Recycled content can vary from small percentages of pre-consumer to 100% post-consumer materials.
Refers to the percentage of recycled materials in a product, generally determined by weight.
The percentage of the total content of a material comprised of post-consumer content and pre-consumer content.
The portion of a product or package that contains materials that have been recovered or otherwise diverted from the solid waste stream either during the manufacturing process or after consumer use. Many paper products are made with 100% recycled content.
also known as recovered material content, is the percentage of material a product is made from that has been recovered from consumers in the municipal solid waste stream ( postconsumer content) plus any industrial materials salvaged for reuse ( preconsumer content).
The portion of a product that is made from materials directed from the waste stream; usually stated as a percentage by weight.
As listed on product labels, meaning the product contains some percentage of postconsumer and/or preconsumer recycled materials. This differs from “recyclable,” which means that the material could possibly be recycled.
The amount or proportion of a product that is made of recycled material. Recycled content can be described broadly by weight, volume and many other measures. There are currently no clear standards for definition of ‘recycled content’ in Australia.
A term used to indicate that an item was produced from recycled materials. For example, aluminum cans are manufactured with an average of 54 percent recycled aluminum. The recycled material may be scrap from an aluminum or can manufacturing plant, or it may come from cans that were recycled by consumers.
the portion of a product's or package's weight that is composed of materials that have been recovered from waste; this may include pre-consumer or post-consumer materials.