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.
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.
I put out the kitchen waste every Tuesday.
I threw away the food scraps after cooking.
In this city, you have to sort kitchen waste separately.
In summer, kitchen waste starts to smell quickly.