noun
waste; refuse; discarded items
Refers to things that are no longer useful and have been thrown away or are considered worthless. Often used in contexts like recycling, disposal, or figurative expressions about useless things.
廃物をリサイクルする取り組みが進んでいる。
Efforts to recycle waste materials are advancing.
彼は古い機械を廃物同然に扱った。
He treated the old machine as if it were trash.