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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.

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Nearby words

postcomm, postcommissurotomy syndrome, postcommunion, postconciliar, postconsonantal, postconsumer, postcordial, postcostal anastomosis, postcranial, postcubital, postdate
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Examples 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
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