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 Translation for 'waste' from English to Icelandic
ADJ   waste | more waste | most waste
NOUN1   a waste [large area of barren, typically uninhabited land] | [usually in the pl.] wastes
NOUN2   waste [act or instance] | -
NOUN3   waste [unwanted or unusable material] | wastes
VERB   to waste | wasted | wasted
wasting | wastes
SYNO barren | dissipation | godforsaken | ...
eyða e-u [sóa]to waste sth.
Nouns
úrkast {hv}waste
úrgangur {k}waste
unverified úrgangsefni {hv}waste
eyðsla {kv} [sóun]waste
2 Words: Verbs
veslast uppto waste away
2 Words: Nouns
heimilisúrgangur {k}domestic waste
vistfr.
spilliefni {hv}
hazardous waste
heimilissorp {hv}household waste
vistfr.
iðnaðarúrgangur {k}
industrial waste
kjarnvistfr.
kjarnorkuúrgangur {k}
radioactive waste
ruslakarfa {kv}waste basket
bréfakarfa {kv}waste basket
sorpfata {kv}waste bin [Br.]
sorphirða {kv}waste collection
sorphreinsun {kv}waste collection
sorphirðing {kv}waste collection
förgun {kv} úrgangswaste disposal
vistfr.
urðun {kv} (á sorpi)
waste disposal
skolpleiðsla {kv}waste pipe
úrgangur {k}waste product
vistfr.
endurvinnsla {kv} sorps
waste recovery
vistfr.
fráveituvatn {hv}
waste water
3 Words: Verbs
urða sorpto dispose of waste [bury]
3 Words: Nouns
öskuhaugur {k}waste disposal site
vistfr.
urðunarstaður {k}
waste disposal site
orkusóun {kv}waste of energy
fjáraustur {k}waste of money
peningasóun {kv}waste of money
peningaeyðsla {kv} [peningasóun]waste of money
peningaplokk {hv} [niðr.]waste of money [scam]
tímasóun {kv}waste of time
tímaeyðsla {kv}waste of time
pappírskarfa {kv}waste paper basket
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Usage Examples English
  • The European Commission has issued a Waste Directive that classifies amalgam waste as a hazardous waste.
  • The waste management company of the district of Esslingen is responsible for waste disposal. There are separate collections for organic waste, household waste and paper.
  • Veolia Environmental Services collects, recycles and treats waste.
  • Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is a fuel produced from various types of waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste or commercial waste.
  • All six lots in EcoPark Phase I has been allocated for recycling of waste cooking oil, waste computer equipment, waste metals, waste wood, waste plastics and waste car batteries.

  • Zero waste refers to waste prevention as opposed to end-of-pipe waste management.
  • Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling and - to a lesser degree - waste prevention.
  • South Korean waste disposal policy (known as "jongnyangje") operates under the Ministry of Environment.
  • Bio-waste is kitchen waste (raw or cooked food waste) and green waste (garden and park waste).
  • Each wave of technology creates a set of waste previously unknown by humans: toxic waste, radioactive waste, electronic waste, plastic waste, space waste.

  • The Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility, a large (...) hazardous waste and municipal solid waste disposal facility operated by Waste Management, Inc., is located [...] southwest of Kettleman City on State Route 41.
  • The Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site covers [...] , a section of desert land used for low-level waste disposal. Mixed waste, including transuranic mixed waste, is stored.
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