postconsumer

[pohst-kuhn-soo-mer]

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled.

   a chair made of postconsumer plastic.

Example Sentences

Like any good pop-up seeking to attract New Yorkers, Claude’s involved a variety of free merchandise: coffee cups, postcards, tote bags and matchbooks adorned with designs from Anthropic’s in-house illustrator; baseball caps embroidered with the word “thinking”; and copies of Chief Executive Dario Amodei’s essay, “Machines of Loving Grace,” wrapped in navy cloth and printed on locally sourced and 100% postconsumer recycled paper.

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Suay is a local L.A. shop that has committed to working exclusively with postconsumer waste, deadstock and organically grown fabric.

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But the updated standard, released on Aug. 8, strengthens requirements for sustainable packaging as well; plastic packaging must contain at least 15% postconsumer recycled content.

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Trex did not respond to Grist’s request for comment, but a similar company reports getting 70 to 80 percent of its plastic from “back-of-the-house shrink wrap,” referring to the material wrapped around shipping pallets, which tends to be cleaner than postconsumer plastic.

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The bags are to be 40 percent postconsumer recycled content, be 100 percent recyclable and display “Please Recycle this Bag” on the bag’s exterior.

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