Neglected for months, the stray cat wastes away despite our efforts to help it.

After months of unemployment and stress, he wasted away until he could hardly stand.

The waste disposal in the kitchen jammed when I accidentally dropped a spoon down the sink.

I hate to time-waste on pointless meetings, so I try to keep my updates brief.

Filling out redundant forms is nothing but a time-waste that slows down progress.

Please take the recyclables to the waste bin before you leave.

The waste pickers organized a community meeting to discuss safer collection practices.

A waste picker carefully selected intact plastic bottles and metal cans from the neighborhood dumpsters to sell at the recycling center.

The charity collected the waste goods from the neighborhood for recycling.

The museum labeled the old chair as a waste good and offered it to artists for restoration.