waste
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By improving how scientists detect PAHs, methods like QuEChERS could help identify hidden contaminants, support safer food production, and reduce chemical waste in the lab.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The EA said there are about 700 illegal waste sites in total, but it had highlighted ones of a higher priority to "enable residents to see where we are acting".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
During the 1950s and 1960s, workers would regularly burn toxic waste in open pits and cleaned engines with solvents that later contaminated the groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Mitigating waste could help solve the world’s energy shortage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a thread behind him; to Penelope this seemed a waste of good embroidery floss.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing waste
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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