The phrase "a simple waste of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something is not worth the time, effort, or resources spent on it.
Example: "Spending hours on that project turned out to be a simple waste of time."
Alternatives: "a complete waste of" or "merely a waste of".
Costs of quality to a converting business far exceed the simple waste of time and material lost to off-quality product.
We have shown how the application of a simple drug waste minimization model may consent to cut by half the whole drug waste expenditures.
While recycling has focused on simple waste streams, the problem of separating out these elements for recycling has been neglected.
Nevertheless, Sherman himself reported that his men had racked up $100 million in damage to Georgia, 80 percent of which was "simple waste and destruction" and the remainder being straightforward military targets.
I'm powered forward by a simple thought: wasting food, in light of rampant hunger, just makes no sense.
Using data from South Norfolk District Council, the paper analyses the distributional implications of a simple system of variable waste charging by weight and proposes a scheme for England that would be designed to avoid leading to additional net costs for the poorest members of society.
We have previously shown how a simple policy of drug waste control may significantly decrease the impact on the overall pharmaceutical expenditures and allow a substantial cost saving in the short time.
To see the life of Willie Donaldson as a simple tale of dissolution and wasted chances is to miss the glee and style which coloured all the very different arcs of his trajectory, and the laudable seriousness he brought to the business of mischief.
"Most businesses have historically looked at food waste as a write-off – a simple cost of doing business," Vared said.
