vegetable scraps
Compost bin fodder
Vegetable scraps are the trimmings and unusable parts left over from food preparation—peels, stems, tops, and wilted bits.
Home cooks save them for making stock or compost: I keep a bag of vegetable scraps in the freezer for soup.
The term appears frequently in discussions of reducing food waste.
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- compost pileDecomposing organic material collection
- peelingsRemoved outer layers
- food wasteDiscarded edible matter
- carrot topsFronds above orange roots
potato skins · onion skins · banana peels · celery leaves · wilted lettuce · trimmings · mulch · bin · worms · worm bin · rot · decay · fertilizer · coffee grounds · garden · garden bed · soil · stems
- compostablesfood waste, yard waste, leaves, eggshells, coffee grounds
- compostcompost, compost bin, compost pile, compost bins, compost tumbler
- peelsapple peel, banana peel, banana peels, orange peel, orange peels
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- forest debrisdead leaves, twigs, pine needles, fallen logs, rotting logs
- animal feedhorse feed, poultry feed, bird food, grain, chicken feed
completeness/wholeness
vegetable scrapshead of lettuce
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