waste - unserviceable material remaining over from any process of manufacture; the useless by-products of any industrial process; material or manufactured articles so damaged as to be useless or unsaleable, scrap - materials reclaimed from products at the end of their specification life cycle or product life cycle. Scrap metal, glass and ceramic, paper, textile and some polymers are routinely reclaimed from used products. The extent of
recycling depends on raw material or intermediate prices as well as the degree of mixing of different materials, scrap - remnants of metal produced in cutting up or casting (srap-iron, scrap metal), scrap - defective products unfit for sale, scrap - the residue formed in the process of rendering fat or extracting oil from whalemeat, fish etc, jääk - üle-, järelejäänud osa., jäätmed - ülejäänu, mis on otseseks ülesandeks mitterakendatav, kuid tooraineks kasutatav, näit. tarvitatud paber, vanametall. Laastud, pinnud, saepuru ja jm. puidutööstuse jäätmed
