garbage vs. trash

[A. Maberry]

Gabage and garbage can, for me. Trash has no food waste component,
trash pile = junk pile. Trash is, or was, usually burnable, often in a
small stove called "a trash burner".

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 AAllan at AOL.COM wrote:

> Is there regional distribution in the use of "garbage" vs "trash," as in cans
> or the contents thereof? FWIW, DARE has no entry for "garbage." - Allan
> Metcalf
>