Material taken from the ground is put back (5)
I believe the answer is:
pitch
This clue is a quadruple definition!!
'material' is the first definition.
(I know that pitch is a type of natural resin)
'taken from' is a link.
'the ground' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
'is put' is the third definition.
(thesaurus)
'back' is the fourth definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for pitch that I've seen before include "Street seller's location" , "Field of play" , "Distillation of tars" , "Tarry stuff for football field?" , "Throw or fall headlong" .)