The phrase "and the wasting of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the depletion or loss of resources, time, or energy.
Example: "The report highlighted the environmental impact of pollution and the wasting of natural resources."
Alternatives: "and the depletion of" or "and the squandering of".
Residents depend largely on tourism and skiing here, and the wasting of Mt. Baker's ice, going on for 40 years or more, is hurting the town.
While the plots and characters vary, the dominant themes don't: the small injustices - the arbitrary, capricious exercise of boss power - and the wasting of time.
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $23). Tense, unpredictable short stories about two Jewish generations; their principal themes include the unforgivingness of time and the wasting of love.
Examples are provided by the growing problems in some countries in financing generous state pension schemes and the wasting of assets such as oil reserves.
To avoid long drawn-out investigations and the wasting of even more time, the I.C. should remember two of the most important lessons that emerged after 9/11: it is unwise to conceal the truth and to pretend that all is well.
However, integrated environmental accounting methods and global sustainability indicators are still required to evaluate the general environmental performances of buildings, because housing is greatly concerned with global environmental problems such as the use of non-renewable energy, the overexploitation of materials, the exhaustion of resources and the wasting of energy.
It was the divisions and the waste of the Tory years that led many people to support us.
Take-out coffee and bottled water symbolise both the luxury and the waste of the early 21st century.
Chet Kanojia, an engineer and the company's C.E.O., says that he created Aereo to help spare people the cost and the waste of the typical cable bundle.
Further, who is responsible for the deaths of thousands of British and US soldiers and the waste of billions of pounds of taxpayers' money?
