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garbage: see solid waste solid waste, discarded materials other than fluids. In the United States in 1996, nearly 210 million tons—about 4.3 lb. (2 kg) per person daily (up from 2.7 lb./1.2 kg in 1960)—were collected and disposed of by municipalities.
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Animal and vegetable waste from restaurants, hotels, markets, and like installations; contains up to 70% moisture and up to 5% incombustible solids. Also see refuse, rubbish, and trash.
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I would sooner my daughters were lying dead at my feet than see them listening to the garbage of that shameless fellow.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Here was a great hole, perhaps two city blocks square, and with long files of garbage wagons creeping into it.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Far more mysterious than the call of sex to sex is the tenderness that we throw into that call; far wider is the gulf between us and the farmyard than between the farm-yard and the garbage that nourishes it.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
 
 
 
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