noun
organic waste
Refers to biodegradable waste such as food scraps, yard trimmings, and other compostable materials. Common in environmental and recycling contexts.
生ゴミは有機ゴミとして分別してください。
Please separate kitchen waste as organic waste.
この地域では有機ゴミを堆肥化している。
In this area, organic waste is composted.
Compound of 有機 (organic) and ゴミ (trash, waste). 有機 is a Sino-Japanese word (有 'have' + 機 'mechanism; opportunity') that came to mean 'organic' in the scientific sense. ゴミ is a native Japanese word for refuse.