otpad

1. waste; trash
   Plastični otpad odvajamo u posebnu kantu. — We sort plastic waste into a separate bin.
   Fabrika je godinama bacala otpad u reku. — For years the factory dumped its waste into the river.
2. junkyard; scrapyard
   Stari auto smo prodali na otpad. — We sold the old car to the scrapyard.
   Deo za menjač sam našao na auto-otpadu. — I found a gearbox part at the car junkyard.
3. junk; scrap
   Ovaj televizor je već odavno otpad. — This TV has long been junk.
4. derog. (of people) dregs of society
   Nazvao ih je otpadom društva, što je bilo nepravedno. — He called them the dregs of society, which was unfair.

In the sense of waste it is uncountable and usually singular: komunalni otpad, industrijski otpad.