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
The results suggest that tyrannosaurs did not let resources go to waste.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
The drippings, on that first night, don’t go to waste: they’re coaxed into something worthy of the occasion, slicked over potatoes or spooned onto rice, greener and more herb-laced than you might expect.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
He’s set his alarm for eight o’clock, not wanting the day to go to waste.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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