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单词 waste paper
释义
waste paper
noun[U]
(alsowastepaper)
uk/ˌweɪst ˈpeɪ.pər/us/ˈweɪst ˌpeɪ.pɚ/
paperthat has been used, is nolongerwanted, and has beenthrownaway:
Thegrasshad beentrampledintomud, and wasstrewnwithwastepaper.
awastepaperrecyclingplant
He has abusinesstransportingrecyclablewastepaper.
See also
wastepaper basket
More examples
  • Trucks have beenunloading600tonsofwastepapereachdayfor more than aweek.
  • Much of thewastepaperin theUnitedStatesgoes toAsiancountries, where it is made intorecycledpaperthat is thenresold.
  • Thecompanyhaseliminatedmostproductsthatgeneratewastepaper fromitsfoodserviceoperations.
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  • dejunking
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  • gubbins
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(Definition ofwaste paperfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaste paper

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This will not, however, entail any particular increase inwastepaperconsumption.
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Since the start of the war nearly 3,000,000 tons ofwastepaperhave been recovered from all sources.
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Last year the paper mills received well over 1,000,000 tons ofwastepaper.
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So, we now have got to look to the salvage ofwastepaperas the main means of supplying our own demands.
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He asked, what was the use of serving a piece ofwastepaper, when one knew perfectly well it could not be applied?
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This waste is figured variously as dust, ashes, human bodies (found not on the dust-heaps but in the river), rags, bones, andwastepaper.
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Here lies the hand waving, but one should notwastepaper!
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Recycledwastepaperas a landscape mulch.
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Wastepaperbins in the smokers' bedrooms were not lined, as an additional precaution.
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This list includes wastes such as blood and gut contents from abattoirs, andwastepaperpulp.
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It is a very special form ofwastepaperand not the normal kind.
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Current prices forwastepaperare very low.
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Werewastepapermaterial not specifically separated from the waste stream, it would naturally be disposed of through landfill.
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There is no evidence of any substantial level of imports ofwastepaper.
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What we are getting is frustration andwastepaper.
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