rubbish

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Mark Watson, a committee member for the Wombles, said bottles and cans make up a significant proportion of the rubbish collected by the volunteer group.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2020, rangers said revellers had left rubbish, fires and human waste after holding a "disco party" in Glen Doll in Angus.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The two localities, home to about 40,000 people, decided to take radical action around 25 years ago after predictions that their communal rubbish dump would be full by 2004.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In others AFP found rubbish piled up at the entrance.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

The dock blew with cast-off bits of paper and water-slicked rubbish.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell