dry waste
Non-liquid garbage items
Dry waste is garbage that contains no moisture or liquid—paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, metal, and similar materials.
The term appears in waste management contexts where separation from wet waste (food scraps, organic matter) matters for recycling or disposal: Put dry waste in the blue bin.
Some regions use the term specifically for non-biodegradable recyclables.
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- recyclableCapable of being remade
- landfillWaste burial ground
- binStorage or disposal vessel
trash heap · recycling bin · dusty · dust bunny · arid · paper · paper bag · scrap paper · cardboard · cardboard box · plastic · debris · refuse · compost · disposal · sorting · crinkle · wrapper
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- wood scrapssawdust, wood chips, shavings, splinters, wood shavings
dry wasteliquid waste
Discarded fluids needing treatment
sewage · slurry · wastewater · sludge · effluent
dry wasteorganic waste
Decomposable natural refuse
biodegradable waste · food waste · green waste · kitchen scraps
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