Material science is the study of material; while material is everything outside nothing i.e. material science is the study of everything outside nothing. Every tangible thing in the universe is a material. Materials are used every day by human for living. Materials can be useful or waste. Over the years, materials are being transformed using technology available at the material time to make living more comfortable; but as technology continue to advance, materials made with old technology are been abandoned generating waste. Also when an equipment fails or stops to perform it primary function, it’s been abandoned or dumped. This action over the years keep increasing the amount of waste in our environment. As we keep using and developing materials, we keep abandoning old materials causing waste to increase. In most part of the world, waste is beyond control causing environmental hazard. Ojelola K. et al (2020) studied the waste generation and it management in the most populous city in Africa (Lagos, Nigeria) with the objective of transforming waste in useful products. With aim of transforming waste, Taiwo Alare et al. (2020) presented a model of smart waste cycle which included bioenergy generation, refining and recycling. A lot has been done by researchers on waste transformation especially in the area of biofuel and wastewater purification. It is difficult to know amount of solid waste available in geographical location and in order to reduce via transformation the amount of available waste should be known to ensure efficient operations. In other to increase the exactness of waste data, Taiwo Alare and Kehinde Alare (2021) developed a mathematical formula to calculate amount of solid waste in a location. As material is a necessary tool in production, in order to reduced cost of production Olanrewaju Akinnawo and Taiwo Alare (2021) used waste in production of a paper cutting machine which tend to reduce the cost by 80%. As material scientists, it is high time we stopped wasting waste.
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