waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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This year, Oakdale will be trying Turbo Melt, composed of magnesium chloride and a biodegradable waste product, which comes from food and beverage waste streams — these substances are byproducts of food and beverage manufacturing that would otherwise go unused.
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Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
When cyanobacteria evolved to create oxygen as a waste product of photosynthesis, the subsequent build-up of oxygen in the atmosphere around 2.4 billion years ago removed methane, a greenhouse gas, and buried carbon on the seafloor, plunging the planet into a series of worldwide glaciations.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2023
The 28-year-old is monitoring dozens of glass bottles containing different combinations of rum distillery waste product and sargassum and using the results to work on her thesis, which will also help shape Rum and Sargassum’s business product.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
All touring and production vehicles will be electric or fueled by 100 percent waste product HVO fuel.
—Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2023
Your muscles produce lactic acid, a waste product of your cells turning carbs into energy.
—Lauren Del Turco, Health, 20 Nov. 2023
New materials Partanna uses a combination of brine and a steelmaking waste product called slag to make its cement blocks.
—Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
The organ not only produced urine, but also removed serum creatinine, a waste product that can build up in the blood of patients with kidney disease.
—Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
According to the Mayo Clinic, protein in your urine, which is also called proteinuria, is a waste product that your kidneys normally get rid of.
—Lisa Mulcahy, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
When cyanobacteria evolved to create oxygen as a waste product of photosynthesis, the subsequent build-up of oxygen in the atmosphere around 2.4 billion years ago removed methane, a greenhouse gas, and buried carbon on the seafloor, plunging the planet into a series of worldwide glaciations.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2023
The 28-year-old is monitoring dozens of glass bottles containing different combinations of rum distillery waste product and sargassum and using the results to work on her thesis, which will also help shape Rum and Sargassum’s business product.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
All touring and production vehicles will be electric or fueled by 100 percent waste product HVO fuel.
—Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2023
Your muscles produce lactic acid, a waste product of your cells turning carbs into energy.
—Lauren Del Turco, Health, 20 Nov. 2023
New materials Partanna uses a combination of brine and a steelmaking waste product called slag to make its cement blocks.
—Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
The organ not only produced urine, but also removed serum creatinine, a waste product that can build up in the blood of patients with kidney disease.
—Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
According to the Mayo Clinic, protein in your urine, which is also called proteinuria, is a waste product that your kidneys normally get rid of.
—Lisa Mulcahy, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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