waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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The material consists mainly of finely ground marble, obtained as an otherwise-unwanted waste product from quarries.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
In the process, the mitochondria spit out a waste product, called reactive oxygen species.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
Scientists at Northwestern University built a battery that uses triphenylphosphine oxide, a common industrial waste product, to store energy instead of metals.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
But China may source it in a different way: The element is a waste product of China’s huge rare earth mining industry.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
In the process, the mitochondria spit out a waste product, called reactive oxygen species.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
Scientists at Northwestern University built a battery that uses triphenylphosphine oxide, a common industrial waste product, to store energy instead of metals.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
But China may source it in a different way: The element is a waste product of China’s huge rare earth mining industry.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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