The phrase "are wasted through" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where resources, time, or efforts are being squandered or misused in a particular manner.
Example: "Many opportunities are wasted through poor planning and lack of communication."
Alternatives: "are squandered by" or "are misused due to".
He believes a European decade has been wasted through a lack of frankness and realism.
Depending on the style of your home, some 20% of heating energy can be wasted through single-glazed windows.
"Rather than money being wasted through the criminal justice system, there could be a reallocation of funds," Mr. Winehouse told The Associated Press before meeting with parliamentary leaders.
Much of this water is wasted through inefficient use, and agriculture is finding it increasingly difficult to compete with new urban and industrial demands.Biodiversity loss.
On education, he said too much talent was wasted through the curse of the poverty of aspiration, promising to offer every secondary pupil a personal tutor through their school years.
The real problem is that without strong legislative safeguards and oversight, billions of taxpayer dollars are sure to be wasted through insufficiently competitive contracts to politically connected firms like Halliburton and Bechtel.
The writer's pretty young mother feels her life has been wasted through no fault of her own; her husband died leaving her penniles & she is now totally dependent on grandmother; she constantly complains about the servants.
One of his findings was that some 60percentt of the water flowing from the Croton Reservoir -- the city's principal source of water for more than 50 years -- was being wasted through leaks and careless use.
In The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts (1914), he elaborated on his idea that business enterprise was in fundamental conflict with the human propensity for useful effort; too much of humankind's energy was wasted through inefficient institutions.
