food scraps
Uneaten plate bits
Food scraps are the leftover bits discarded during or after food preparation and eating—vegetable peelings, meat trimmings, plate scrapings, stale bread.
The term appears often in discussions of composting and waste reduction: We keep a bin for food scraps to add to the compost pile.
Distinguished from food waste, which may include unopened or spoiled items.
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- compost binVessel for organic decay
- compost pileDecomposing organic material collection
- worm farmEnclosure for composting invertebrates
peelings · potato peels · garbage · garbage disposal · waste · slop · rinds · crusts · bones · eggshells · coffee grounds · banana peel · wilted · moldy · bin · trash · rot · decompose
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- compostablesyard waste, leaves, eggshells, coffee grounds, banana peels
- disposablesplastic bag, plastic bags, paper plate, straws, tissue
- leftoversleftovers, cold pizza, leftover rice
- littertrash, garbage, litter, plastic bags, bottles
- debrislint, crumbs, dust, hair, pet hair