My grandpa says this a lot and he is quite serious. I haven't figured out the distinction, but he clearly believes that there is one...
Kacie Said :
Garbage is food (garbage disposal)
Trash is everything else 🙂
coco Said :
They could be referring to people. lol
Ali Said :
"Trash" refers specifically to discards that are theoretically dry (newspaper, cans, so on).
"Garbage" refers to wet discards like food remains, yard waste, etc.
"Refuse" is collection of wet and dry discards.
Source:"Rubbish" by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy
seriously?
My grandpa says this a lot and he is quite serious. I haven't figured out the distinction, but he clearly believes that there is one...
Garbage is food (garbage disposal)
Trash is everything else 🙂
They could be referring to people. lol
"Trash" refers specifically to discards that are theoretically dry (newspaper, cans, so on).
"Garbage" refers to wet discards like food remains, yard waste, etc.
"Refuse" is collection of wet and dry discards.
Source:"Rubbish" by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy