waste product
noun
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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Creatinine is a waste product that is removed by the kidneys, so when kidney function drops, creatinine levels go up.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
By turning a problematic waste product into a valuable manufacturing material, the technology could simultaneously alleviate the burden on dairy farmers and reduce environmental harm from waste pollution and the toxic chemicals involved in making synthetic cellulose.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
Creatine can also temporarily increase blood levels of creatinine, a waste product created when the body breaks down creatine.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Apr. 2025
That material offers a valuable upcycling of a waste product, said Mohsen Mohammadi, one of the lead authors on the paper.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
By turning a problematic waste product into a valuable manufacturing material, the technology could simultaneously alleviate the burden on dairy farmers and reduce environmental harm from waste pollution and the toxic chemicals involved in making synthetic cellulose.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
Creatine can also temporarily increase blood levels of creatinine, a waste product created when the body breaks down creatine.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Apr. 2025
That material offers a valuable upcycling of a waste product, said Mohsen Mohammadi, one of the lead authors on the paper.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Waste product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20product. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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