byproducts
Unintended manufacturing results
Byproducts are secondary or incidental products created during manufacturing or processing.
A sawmill's byproducts include sawdust and wood chips.
The term extends to any unintended result: Stress is a byproduct of modern life.
Byproducts can be waste, valuable commodities, or neutral side effects depending on context.
Also spelled by-products.
Industrial metalworking byproduct
- drossMetalwork's floating refuse
- clinkerFused coal residue
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
emissions · ash · scrap · shavings · sawdust · cuttings · residue · sludge
Harmful environmental substances
- contaminantsUnwelcome substances in something pure
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
spoil · debris · sludge · runoff · discharge · wastewater · hazardous waste · heavy metals
Syrup from cane processing
- bagasseCane-crushing byproduct
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- husksDry seed coverings
- branCereal grain husk
straw · manure · whey · pomace · rice hulls · fish meal · bone meal · glycerol
Extras that complete something
- offalEdible animal organs
- renderingsVisual representations of subjects
- tallowRendered animal fat
- lardClarified pork fat
gelatin · blood meal · hides · bones · fat · grease · shells · peels
Things derived from another
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
- concomitantAccompanying circumstance or condition
- spinoffDerived work from original
collateral · subsidiary · consequential · resultant · residual · unintended · inevitable · unavoidable
Improving discarded materials' value
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- feedstockUnprocessed manufacturing input
- biofuelFuel from organic sources
- biogasFuel from anaerobic decomposition
compost · fertilizer · energy recovery · cogeneration · waste-to-energy · pyrolysis · gasification · circular economy
slag
Industrial metalworking byproduct
effluent · emissions · ash · scrap · shavings · sawdust · cuttings · residue · sludge · gypsum
pollutants
Harmful environmental substances
- contaminantsUnwelcome substances in something pure
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
sediment · spoil · debris · sludge · runoff · discharge · wastewater · hazardous waste · heavy metals · particulates
molasses
Syrup from cane processing
bran · straw · manure · whey · pomace · rice hulls · fish meal · bone meal · glycerol
trimmings
Extras that complete something
- offalEdible animal organs
- renderingsVisual representations of subjects
- tallowRendered animal fat
lard · gelatin · blood meal · hides · bones · fat · grease · shells · peels · pulp
derivatives
Things derived from another
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
- concomitantAccompanying circumstance or condition
spinoff · collateral · subsidiary · consequential · resultant · residual · unintended · inevitable · unavoidable
upcycling
Improving discarded materials' value
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- feedstockUnprocessed manufacturing input
- biofuelFuel from organic sources
biogas · compost · fertilizer · energy recovery · cogeneration · waste-to-energy · pyrolysis · gasification · circular economy · biodiesel
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- things producedgoods, crops, harvest, output, yield
- Meat Industrybeef, pork, chicken, poultry, bacon
- hazardous wastetoxic waste, hazardous waste, chemical waste, radioactive waste, industrial waste
- chemical engineeringchemical engineer, chemical engineering, reactors, distillation, heat transfer
- cokingcarbonization, coal tar, pushing, quenching, charging
byproductsgoals
Intended end results
objectives · purposes · aims · end products · ends
byproductsend products
What processes yield
finished goods · centerpieces · raison d'être · focus · essentials
byproductsraw materials
Unprocessed production inputs
inputs · feedstock · ingredients · source materials · precursors
- animal byproductsMaterials derived from creatures
- industrial byproductSecondary output from manufacturing