Materials thrown away by the public are termed post-consumer materials. Buying recycled products with post-consumer materials. Buying recycled products with post-consumer material ensures that collection, transportation and recycling technologies gets developed. Products with the highest percentage of post-consumer waste do the most to keep the recycling process moving. You're not truly recycling until you buy recycled products.
Recycling is an age-old process.
Using recycled material is a natural process in which all living matter participates. Take a forest, for example. When leaves fall to the ground, they begin a decomposition process that will continue the cycle of life. Through exposure to sun, air, moisture and microorganisms, the leaves break down and become nutrients used by other plants to grow and flourish. We live in the same ecosystem as the forest and benefits from the same natural processes.