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 (or wastes) 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 trash/refuse), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others.