Waste is any material which is surplus to a manufacturing process, or a purchased item. Waste is an unwanted item and includes worn, broken or otherwise damaged goods.
Waste may also be used to indicate a non-productive activity.
Waste may also describe a person who is intoxicated. For example: “George was really wasted at the party last night, dude ”
Waste may also be known as “trash”, “refuse”, and “garbage”.
Examples of waste are:-
- paper or plastic packaging material
- sawdust from cutting wood in manufacturing
- chemicals used in electroplating
- worn out appliances
- worn out tires
- Snippet from Wikipedia: Waste
Waste are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value. A waste product may become a by-product, joint product or resource through an invention that raises a waste product's value above zero.
Examples include municipal solid waste (household garbage), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others.