(a waste receptacle)

  • 1Waste receptacle — There are various different kinds of waste receptacle:*The traditional dustbin or rubbish bin, often used in the house. *Trash cans or ashcans, an outdoor version of the dustbin made of metal. *Dumpsters or skips. *Wastepaper Baskets. *Trash… …

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  • 2Waste container — For the software component, see Recycle bin (computing). A collection of movable waste containers in Australia A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin,… …

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  • 3waste — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 tr. fail to use (esp. an opportunity). 3 tr. (often foll. by on) give (advice etc.), utter (words etc.), without effect. 4 tr. & intr. wear… …

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  • 4receptacle — noun formal a container for putting things in: Please dispose of waste in the appropriate receptacle. reception /rI sepSn/ noun 1 (countable usually singular) a particular type of welcome for someone, or a particular type of reaction to their… …

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  • 5waste-paper basket — noun chiefly Brit. a receptacle for small quantities of rubbish …

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  • 6Post-consumer waste — is a waste type produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste producing use did not involve the production of another product.Quite commonly, it is simply the garbage that individuals routinely discard, either in a… …

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  • 7Toilet — This article is about a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement. For a room containing a toilet, see toilet (room). For other uses, see toilet (disambiguation) …

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  • 8Chute (gravity) — For other uses, see Chute (disambiguation). Natural chute (falls) on the left and man made logging chute on the right on the Coulonge River in Quebec, Canada. A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are… …

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  • 9Dumpster — Three Dumpsters in various sizes Green Dumpster with …

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  • 10Dumpster (term) — A dumpster is a large steel waste receptacle designed to be emptied into garbage trucks. The term is a genericized trademark of the Dumpster brand. The term is also common in Australia although Dumpster is not an established brand there. In… …

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