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		|  rubbish 
  
 
 
 1 rubbish in your house
 2 rubbish in public places
 see also ENVIRONMENT
 
 1  rubbish in your house
 - things that you do not want any more are rubbish (AmE garbage, trash)(noun U), (formal) refuse (noun U)
 When do they collect the rubbish? ◎ domestic refuse
 - old, useless things that do not have much value: junk (noun U)
 We got rid of a lot of junk when we moved house.
 - to get rid of a thing that you do not want: throw* sth away/out, (more informal) chuck sth away/out, (formal) dispose of sth; noun (U): disposal (of sth)
 Don't throw that away, I haven't finished with it. ◎ Shall I chuck out these old shoes? ◎ Please dispose of these batteries safely.
 - a container that you put rubbish in (usually kept in the kitchen): bin
 - a large container for rubbish (usually kept outside the house): dustbin (AmE garbage can, trashcan)
 - a bag that you put inside a dustbin: dustbin liner, dustbin bag
 - a basket or other container in which you put paper, etc that is to be thrown away: waste-paper basket, waste-paper bin (AmE waste-basket, wastebin)
 - a person whose job is to empty dustbins and remove rubbish: dustman (plural dustmen)
 - a kind of lorry that is used for collecting rubbish from dustbins: dustcart (AmE garbage truck)
 - a place where rubbish is left: (rubbish) tip, rubbish dump, refuse tip
 We took the old fridge to the tip.
 
 2  rubbish in public places
 - pieces of paper, packets, etc that are dropped in a public place: litter (noun U)
 - if you drop litter, you litter a place
 The playground was littered with crisp packets.
 - a person who drops litter in a public place: litter lout (AmE litterbug)
 Don't be a litter lout!
 - a container to put litter in: litter bin
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 - a material, food, etc that is not needed and is therefore thrown away: waste (noun U)
 household waste ◎ the disposal of radioactive waste ◎ waste paper
 - something that you do not want any more but that is made of material that can be used again: scrap (noun U)
 scrap metal ◎ Have you got a piece of scrap paper I can write on?
 - goods that are made to be used once and then thrown away are disposable
 a disposable razor ◎ disposable nappies
 
 
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