waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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By turning a problematic waste product into a valuable manufacturing material, the technology could simultaneously alleviate the burden on dairy farmers and reduce environmental harm from waste pollution and the toxic chemicals involved in making synthetic cellulose.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
Creatine can also temporarily increase blood levels of creatinine, a waste product created when the body breaks down creatine.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Apr. 2025
That material offers a valuable upcycling of a waste product, said Mohsen Mohammadi, one of the lead authors on the paper.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
In the past, rock quarries would didn't have much use for the basalt rock dust that was a waste product of their mining process.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
Creatine can also temporarily increase blood levels of creatinine, a waste product created when the body breaks down creatine.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Apr. 2025
That material offers a valuable upcycling of a waste product, said Mohsen Mohammadi, one of the lead authors on the paper.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
In the past, rock quarries would didn't have much use for the basalt rock dust that was a waste product of their mining process.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waste product
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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