"wastepaper" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

Forms: the wastepaper [singular], the wastepapers [plural]
Etymology: zusammengesetzt aus waste „Abfall“ und paper „Papier“
  1. Plural selten: altes Papier, das wiederverwertet oder weggeworfen wird: Altpapier, Papiermüll
    Sense id: de-wastepaper-en-noun-L1aOLvYv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wastepaper basket, wastepaper bin Translations (altes Papier): Altpapier [neuter] (Deutsch), Papiermüll [masculine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "“The plant can process up to 80,000 tonnes of wastepaper a year.”",
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        }
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