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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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trash can vs trash bin

0Italian television footage showed garbage set ablaze overnight and trash bins overturned in the city.02br
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0 It's a regional difference. Mostly, 01i 00bin02i 00 is British, 01i 00can02i 00 is American. 02br 00CJ 0-

— CalifJim

  • 0 It's a regional difference.
  • Mostly, 01i 00bin02i 00 is British, 01i 00can02i 00 is American.
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0 It's a regional difference. Mostly, 01i00bin02i00 is British, 01i00can02i00 is American. 02br
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0Hi,02br
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00I'd say 'trash' is also a regional (USA) term.02br
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00In Canada, I hear mainly 'garbage', and in Britain I used to hear 'rubbish'.02br
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0Thanks, Clive for the additional information. I presume you would say Garbage can.0-
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0Hi,02br
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New2grammarItalian television footage showed garbage set ablaze overnight and trash bins overturned in the city.Are trash can and trash bin interchangeable?Thanks in advance!
It's not "trash bin". In Britain, it's just bin.The word "trash" comes across as very American.
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More typically you would get "trash can" in the US and "rubbish bin" in the UK. But both forms (and their combinations) can be used interchangeably, though the latter would be unusual.
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I believe CJ's excellent answer!
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In Canada todya, in my experience, you seldom see a single can/bin. You see two, side by side.
One for material that can be recycled, one for what acn not,

We say casually
eg Put that in the recycling
eg /Put that in the non-recycling
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