also: よりくず
noun
Refers to discarded items or worthless things left after selection. Often used in contexts of sorting or cleaning up.
選り屑を分別して捨てる。
Separate the trash and throw it away.
工場から出る選り屑の処理が問題だ。
Disposal of waste from the factory is a problem.
Alternate reading; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 選り (eri, 'selecting') + 屑 (kuzu, 'waste'). The reading えりくず is standard; よりくず is a less common variant.