waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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Burn it with oxygen, and its only waste product is water.
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New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
The new material uses a common wood waste product to create a greener future for electronics, removing toxic metals and avoiding complex, polluting manufacturing methods.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
These are microscopic vessels where oxygen and nutrients leave the bloodstream to feed the tissues, and carbon dioxide (a metabolic waste product) moves in.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Insect pests of camellias include tea scales and aphids, both of which produce a waste product called honeydew that encourages sooty mold on the foliage.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
The new material uses a common wood waste product to create a greener future for electronics, removing toxic metals and avoiding complex, polluting manufacturing methods.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
These are microscopic vessels where oxygen and nutrients leave the bloodstream to feed the tissues, and carbon dioxide (a metabolic waste product) moves in.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Insect pests of camellias include tea scales and aphids, both of which produce a waste product called honeydew that encourages sooty mold on the foliage.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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