In British English, rubbish is the word most commonly used to refer to waste material that is thrown away. In American English, the words garbage and trash are more usual. ...the smell of rotting garbage... She threw the bottle into the trash. Garbage and trash are sometimes used in British English, but only informally and metaphorically. I don't have to listen to this garbage... The book was trash.

在英國英語中，rubbish最常用來表示丢棄的廢物，但是在美國英語中garbage和trash更爲常用，如：the smell of rotting garbage (腐爛垃圾的臭味)，She threw the bottle into the trash (她把瓶子扔進了垃圾堆)。garbage和trash有時也在英國英語中使用，但僅限於非正式語體和比喻用法：I don't have to listen to this garbage (我不需要聽這些廢話)，The book was trash (這本書簡直是垃圾)。