go to waste
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Surplus food apps such as Too Good To Go, or Olio, allow customers to bag goodies that would otherwise go to waste.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"It'd all go to waste otherwise," he told AFP, while stirring a metre-radius metal pan perched atop a gas burner filled with ratatouille.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
But the infrastructure didn’t go to waste, and some of the companies that survived—think Amazon—have thrived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
These meals use up ingredients that might otherwise go to waste and are simple and quick to prepare.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
There was no way she was going to let that sacrifice go to waste.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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