Concept information
Preferred term
pre-consumer waste
Definition
- Pre-consumer waste, sometimes referred to as “post-industrial waste,” is generally defined as material that would have become trash if it were not diverted from the waste stream during the manufacturing process. An example of pre-consumer waste diversion is the use of sawdust from logging to create fuel pellets or engineered lumber. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Pre-Consumer Waste]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/pre-consumer_waste
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