I.
noun
1 missing an opportunity to do/use sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute , complete , total , utter
▪
The whole thing has been a complete ~ of time.
▪ big , colossal , enormous , great , huge , tremendous
▪ awful , criminal , senseless , shocking , terrible
▪
a criminal ~ of public money
▪ needless , pointless , unnecessary , useless
▪ tragic
▪
a tragic ~ of human life
▪ expensive
▪ conspicuous
VERB + WASTE
▪ go to
▪
If nobody comes all this food will go to ~.
▪ cause
▪ avoid
▪
Try to avoid unnecessary ~.
▪ cut , cut down on , reduce
▪ minimize
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of energy/resources
2 unwanted substances/things
ADJECTIVE
▪ dangerous , harmful , hazardous , poisonous , toxic
▪
a dump containing hazardous ~
▪ high-level , low-level
▪ recyclable ( esp. BrE ), recycled
▪ agricultural , commercial , industrial
▪ domestic , household , kitchen
▪
All household ~ should be disposed of in strong garbage bags.
▪ clinical ( BrE ), hospital , infectious ( esp. AmE ), medical
▪ nuclear , radioactive
▪ chemical
▪ plastic
▪ electronic
▪
the vast amounts of electronic ~ being shipped to developing countries
▪ green , organic
▪ animal , fish , hog ( AmE ), livestock , poultry
▪ bodily , body , human
▪ factory , mining , slaughterhouse ( esp. AmE )
▪
new regulations on the feeding of slaughterhouse ~ to cattle
▪ garden ( esp. BrE ), plant , vegetable , wood , yard ( AmE )
▪ municipal
▪ liquid , solid
▪ energy , food
▪ building ( BrE ), construction ( AmE )
▪
Three quarters of all construction ~ was recycled.
VERB + WASTE
▪ create , generate , produce
▪
Tonnes of ~ are produced every year.
▪ dispose of , dump , get rid of
▪
More people are dumping ~ illegally.
▪ clean up , remove
▪
the highly expensive task of cleaning up toxic ~
▪ burn , incinerate
▪
an incinerator for burning hospital ~
▪ bury , store
▪ process , treat
▪
facilities for processing radioactive ~
▪ convert into sth , recycle
▪
technology to convert solid ~ into renewable energy
▪ deal with , handle , manage
▪
the best solutions for managing ~
▪ cut , cut down on , minimize , reduce
▪ eliminate
▪ export , import
▪
Industrialized countries continue to export their ~.
WASTE + VERB
▪ contaminate sth , pollute sth
▪
areas contaminated by industrial ~
WASTE + NOUN
▪ collection
▪ disposal , incineration
▪ storage
▪ processing , recycling ( BrE ), reprocessing ( BrE ), treatment
▪
a ~ processing plant
▪ management
▪ minimization , reduction
▪ basket , bin ( BrE ), paper basket ( esp. BrE )
▪ dump , facility , repository ( esp. AmE ), site , tip ( BrE )
▪
The river was used for years as an industrial ~ dump.
▪ incinerator
▪ pipe ( esp. BrE )
3 wastes areas of ground not lived in or cultivated
ADJECTIVE
▪ desert , frozen , icy
▪
the frozen ~s of Antarctica
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ (not) completely , (not) entirely , (not) totally
▪
In the end her efforts were not entirely ~d.
▪ just , simply
▪
You're just wasting your breath. She never listens.
▪ largely
VERB + WASTE
▪ can't afford to , not want to
▪
He didn't want to ~ valuable time in idle gossip.
▪ hate to
▪
Their father hated to ~ energy.
▪ be a shame to , seem a shame to
▪
It seems a shame to ~ this good food.
▪ not be going to , not intend to , refuse to
▪
I'm not going to ~ any more time on the problem.
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
Don't ~ your money on a hotel room.
PHRASES
▪ no time to ~
▪
Hurry up—there's no time to ~!
Waste is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ breath , ↑ chance , ↑ effort , ↑ energy , ↑ fuel , ↑ hour , ↑ minute , ↑ money , ↑ resource , ↑ space , ↑ sympathy , ↑ talent , ↑ time , ↑ vote , ↑ youth
III.
adj.
Waste is used with these nouns: ↑ land , ↑ paper , ↑ product , ↑ water