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Waste when teacher with education degree retired (6)

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I believe the answer is:

debris

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'waste' is the definition.
(I know that debris is a type of rubbish)

'teacher with education degree retired' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (way of addressing a male teacher).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'education degree' becomes 'bed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'retired' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'sir'+'bed'='sirbed'
'sirbed' backwards is 'DEBRIS'.

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for debris that I've seen before include "Brides among rubble" , "Fragments of wreckage" , "Refuse remains" , "Broken remains" , "Brides with pieces of rubble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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