waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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Materials like Rebond 300 could help overcome this issue entirely by lowering process temperatures and turning CO2 into a physical, structural building block rather than an airborne waste product.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
Unlike musical theatre or opera, where the music often advances the plot or at least has some kind of narrative content, the cinema of pop-and-rock stardom extrudes fake songs incidentally, almost as a waste product.
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Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
A lot of that is pine park fines–a waste product from pine trees in the South–and the first additional amendment Giuliano wanted to make to the initial base.
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Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
20 Feb. 2026
The bacterium produces urea as a waste product, which can then react with calcium to produce calcium carbonate crystals.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
Unlike musical theatre or opera, where the music often advances the plot or at least has some kind of narrative content, the cinema of pop-and-rock stardom extrudes fake songs incidentally, almost as a waste product.
—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
A lot of that is pine park fines–a waste product from pine trees in the South–and the first additional amendment Giuliano wanted to make to the initial base.
—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
20 Feb. 2026
The bacterium produces urea as a waste product, which can then react with calcium to produce calcium carbonate crystals.
—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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