waste chute
Vertical trash passage
A waste chute is a vertical shaft in a building through which garbage or laundry is dropped to a collection point below.
Residents on upper floors open a small door in a hallway wall and toss bags down: She threw the trash down the waste chute.
Also called a garbage chute or rubbish chute.
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- garbage bagDisposable waste receptacle
- disposalAct of throwing away
- trash compactorMachine that crushes waste
dumpster · rubbish · garbage truck · incinerator · apartment · shaft · flap · tunnel · slide · drop · clang · hatch · lid · refuse · compactor · basement · highrise · apartment building
- sanitation systemsseptic tank, septic system, sewage system, sewer, drain
- waste binstrash can, garbage can, dustbin, wastebasket, bin
waste chuterecycling bin
Vessel for reprocessable materials
donation bin · recycling center · treasure chest · storage vault · safe deposit box
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Small freight elevator
mail chute · hopper · delivery chute · service elevator · elevator
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