In addition,news agencies provide updates and companies share product information through Twitter Some critics say Twitter is a waste of time that takes people's attention away from their work.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Most people thought educating women was a waste of money.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

This is a new company record. If it wasn't a waste of a fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for O.C.S.,Private Gump.

VOA: standard.other

Critics like George Rossman say that is a waste of time.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

America's Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about one hundred thousand sea animals die each year as a result of the plastic waste.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The two patches of waste are connected together in the shape of a dog bone a really big bone about nine thousand kilometers long.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

A big part of her job will be to look for ways to cut government waste.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

And,we will tell about a lot of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Waste Management is a private company that operates several of the landfills that are receiving BP oil cleanup waste.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Now,small trees dot the once barren schoolyard of a village elementary school, along with special trash cans for biodegradable waste.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"At a time when we're fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this would have been an inexcusable waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

The several hundred animals housed in each medium-sized CAFO produce as much waste as a small city of tens of thousands of people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

The European Green Party has also accused European companies of using Somalia's shoreline as a dump site for the disposal of toxic waste.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"I wanted to focus on what seems to me to be a most egregious waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

"The failure to devise a clear, Mr.Secretary,and credible plan for employing TARP, has also resulted in a massive waste, some people believe,of taxpayer dollars,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Every dollar of waste in our defense budget is a dollar we can't spend to support our troops or prepare for future threats or protect the American people,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

He is the director of applied research for the Solid Waste Association of North America, a professional organization that promotes the efficient and environmentally-sound management of municipal solid waste.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Like other kinds of trash dumped into landfills, the waste from the Gulf cleanup will eventually decompose, releasing a variety of gases and liquids which are vented or disposed of in turn.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05