noun
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
Refers to organic, wet garbage from food preparation or leftovers, as opposed to dry recyclables or burnable trash. Common in household waste sorting contexts.
生ゴミは毎日捨てないと臭くなる。
Kitchen waste starts to smell if you don't throw it out every day.
生ゴミを堆肥にする方法を調べている。
I'm looking into how to turn food scraps into compost.
Compound of 生 (なま, 'raw, fresh') and ゴミ (ごみ, 'trash, garbage'). The kanji 塵 and 芥 are older or less common ways to write ごみ.