DEFINITION: Materials such as metals and gemstones recovered from used consumer products for reuse in new products.
EXPLANATORY NOTE:
Post-consumer recycled metals can include used jewelry, dental fillings and crowns, metals recovered from circuit boards and circulated currency.
Post-consumer recycled gemstones can include diamonds and colored stones removed from used jewelry or adornment or stones previously used for industrial purposes (such as diamond wire dies).
See also: definitions of “recycled” and “pre-consumer recycled“