ADJ
- absolute, complete, total, utter
- The whole thing has been a complete waste of time
- colossal, great, tremendous
- awful, criminal, senseless, shocking, terrible
- a criminal waste of public money
- needless, unnecessary, useless
- tragic
- a tragic waste of human life
- expensive
- conspicuous
VERB + WASTE
- go to
- If nobody comes all this food will go to waste
- cause
- avoid
- Try to avoid unnecessary waste
- cut down on, reduce
- minimize
PREP
- ~ of
- a waste of energy/resources
ADJ
- dangerous, harmful, hazardous, poisonous, toxic
- a dump containing hazardous waste
- non-toxic
- high-level, intermediate-level, low-level
- recyclable
- agricultural, commercial, industrial
- domestic, household, kitchen
- All household waste should be disposed of in strong garbage bags
- clinical, hospital, medical
- nuclear, radioactive
- chemical
- plastic
- organic
- animal, human
- garden, plant
- municipal
- liquid, solid
- food, energy
VERB + WASTE
- produce
- Tonnes of waste are produced every year
- dispose of, dump, get rid of
- More people are dumping waste illegally
- clean up
- the highly expensive task of cleaning up toxic waste
- burn, incinerate
- an incinerator for burning hospital waste
- bury, store
- process, treat
- facilities for processing radioactive waste
- recycle, reprocess
- deal with, handle, manage
- the best solutions for managing waste
- cut down on, reduce
- eliminate
- export, import
- Industrialized countries continue to export their waste
WASTE + VERB
- contaminate sth, pollute sth
- areas contaminated by industrial waste
WASTE + NOUN
- collection
- burial, disposal, incineration
- storage
- processing, recycling, reprocessing, treatment
- a waste reprocessing plant
- management
- minimization, reduction
- bin
- dump, site, tip
- The river was used for years as an industrial waste dump
- outlet, pipe
- imports
- a ban on waste imports
ADJ
- frozen, icy
- the frozen wastes of Antarctica