How To Use Rubbish In A Sentence

Prehistoric rubbish heaps produced by the strandlopers are found in a number of caves and tell a great deal about the San people's lifestyle.
If we got into Ceram (and got out again), the doctor would reduce the whole affair to a few tables of anthropological measurements, a few more hampers of birds, beasts, and native rubbish in the hold, and a score of paragraphs couched in the evaporated, millimetric terms of science. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
Rubbish advice The erratic bin collections over the past few weeks have left me struggling to cope with all our household rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
He died after his van crashed into a rubbish truck.
The litter on the boreen in Tullyvarraga, black bags of household rubbish thrown in over the wall, is a shame, a black spot in the quest for Tidy Towns glory.

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Sadly now the road is grid-locked most days, the factory is on the verge of closing, the picturesque view of what used to be a boathouse now appears to be a rubbish tip and no-one cares.
The operator is expected to keep the trains clean, and passengers are expected to take their rubbish with them and also not graffiti them.
They spout rubbish and sit back while energy firms run riot. The Sun
If the matter is left go unchecked other people will think they have a free hand to discard all their household rubbish wherever they want.
Locals from Mountmellick are incensed by the amount of household rubbish that is being illegally dumped in areas of the town.
When I was last in Barbican part of the shell of the house was still standing, roofless, disfloored, diswindowed, and pickaxed into utter raggedness, as so much rubbish yet waiting to be removed from the new railway gap. The Life of John Milton
The most direct financial incentive to prevent rubbish is to charge people by the amount of rubbish they put out.
We're just looking down this incredible crevasse , down onto what I recognise as rubbish.
He did so by rubbishing the only viable goal of any Liberal Democrat election campaign - a hung parliament.
Councils spent 50 million on clearing the rubbish and 17 million on enforcement action. Times, Sunday Times
It is a vast wasteland the size of Texas that collects huge quantities of rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
It is utter nonsense to say it is domestic rubbish. The Sun
And he rubbished the idea that people in Britain no longer go out. Times, Sunday Times
Clean, paved roads give way to dirt paths strewn with rubbish and open sewers. The Sun
However, there are some excellent 'old labour 'style policies I'd vote for, unfortunately allied to post-modern, psuedo-sciencey rubbish that reads like the ramblings of a drugged horse (halts to stem cell research, animal experimentation and a promotion of alternative therpaies etc). The murky politics of the Green Party
The municipality provides services such as electricity, water and rubbish collection.
The assumption that the benefits of Global Warmist policy are infinite and the costs immaterial is simply rubbish.
In Surbiton, around by the station, rubbish abounds.
There was even an ongoing carnival and lots of gangs of women on hen dos, wearing rubbish outfits (and stupid deeley-bopper things on their heads), with even more rubbish shoes.
Somewhat unnerved , Ah Fu nevertheless kept on, " Rubbish!
It kind of is rubbish too seeing that it isn't really a film at all but instead is an album set to visuals.
Every time someone dumps their rubbish or unwanted furniture here, we have to sort it out.
he cupboard was full of rubbish.
Rubbish bins will appear on all floors. Times, Sunday Times
I even longed for the real Australian rubbish in other families' yards, like the stack of 'dead marines' waiting for the bottle-oh on the back porch.
But despite being so rubbish and boring that it'd be more fun to watch a TV show about a static eggcup full of gravel from Norfolk, Sooty is back! Rosie O’Donnell Less Drunk Than Ever Before
The rubbish about Howard doing a good job for his Battlers is unbelievable.
He rubbished most of the novels written by contemporary writers.
They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
Let's leave aside whether the conclusions of this study are a pile of rubbish.
Finally, after cramming my head full of rubbish about factorizing, grammar, human hearts and colors it's time to leave this hellhole called high school.
The rubbish esthetic was so ubiquitous in messy piles of wallboard and carpet that it began to seem a too-facile solution.
Her voice hung behind her on the landing and Ann added another dozen or so comics to the rubbish pile. IN REAL LIFE
It's in a former mews street, half of which is being demolished - and where the other new infill buildings are absolute rubbish.
People worry that their hospital or rubbish collection service will somehow be compromised. Times, Sunday Times
Rubbish littered the site, along with burned-out cars and refuse skips, huge piles of Tarmac and garden rubbish and gas cylinders.
But seeing this rubbish over and over under her penname makes me very skeptical of her basic reading comprehension. CT-SEN: Lieberman's Support Narrows; Lamont's Expands
Preachers are allowed to rubbish incontrovertible evidence.
Hence their scramble to divert domestic rubbish anywhere but landfill. Times, Sunday Times
Do not throw rubbish onto the ground. Do not waste water. Use both sides of paper when you write. Stop using plastic bags for shopping. Make classrooms less noisy.
This cello's rubbish Musicians have formed an orchestra playing instruments made from landfill waste. Times, Sunday Times
All that stuff she has been saying about Lee is rubbish.
Mr Barker suggested if they were going to "knife the Rubbish from Rio" then Mr Sono would be the perfect person to do it as he had "lank" experience of getting rid of Bafana coaches just before World Cups. IOL: News
I express this concern to my friend, who rubbishes my fears.
Voters also punished the big parties where councillors had introduced fortnightly rubbish collections. The Sun
I have always considered myself to be reasonably green, driving a small car, walking to work and recycling much of my rubbish.
So far she has collected bin bags full of rubbish, including engine oil and rat poison containers, bags of used disposable nappies and dog mess.
Beggarsdale was in need of a spot of light relief this week, what with fears that the old quarry is about to be turned into a rubbish tip and some pretty dreary weather.
It is very difficult to believe half the rubbish uttered by some team managers before and after matches these days.
Some members feel that if a caretaker was employed at the Community Centre, the problem of dumping household rubbish would not arise.
Stash old plastic or paper shopping bags near the rubbish or garbage bin and then you can re-cycle them as bin liners.
When you are eleven, you can walk out by the clothes line to put rubbish out, then come back in and tell the person you are staying with that it is raining, and not even think of bringing in the washing.
The other was just a rubbish penalty that did not need to go in. The Sun
At the rubbish dump, adults and children scavenged for any items which might be recycled or sold.
The preferred method is a pay-as-you-throw scheme where residents will be charged for putting out excessive non-recyclable rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
Who said they were cheaper - what a load of rubbish!
Why must we have to suffer such inane rubbish? The Sun
So saying, the Robin flew from the thorn-tree to another part of the grounds, where he could amuse himself without interruption; and the Tortoise began to hustle under the leaves and rubbish again, with a view to taking his nap. Parables From Nature
At the end of each day the rubbish deposits are covered in a layer of earth, and there are stringent measures to stop polluted water leaking into the ground.
For example, does this increase in autonomy mean that the Hauraki Islanders have to dispose of their own rubbish on their island instead of barging it back to Auckland?
The villagers had been angry about the smell and pollution from rubbish being dumped near their homes and had tried to halt a loaded truck that arrived. Times, Sunday Times
We carted all the rubbish to the bottom of the garden and burned it.
On the other hand, a patch of open land can also become a problem and an eyesore, taken over by the local yobs as their hang-out or used as a dumping ground by people who can't be bothered to dispose of their rubbish properly.
People worry that their hospital or rubbish collection service will somehow be compromised. Times, Sunday Times
It's amazing how much rubbish westies throw into these canals.
We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere.
A month into it, we revisited what he had managed to do and it amounted to two rubbish speeches and some handshaking.
HAVE you already put on a wash, unloaded the dishwasher, done the rubbish and peeled the potatoes for lunch? Times, Sunday Times
That by now nobody would bat an eyelid when their local rubbish tip is named the hot new art space. Times, Sunday Times
I don't intend to listen to this rubbish any longer!
It's impossible to believe how much has come out of the house, especially when rubbish removal is undeservedly expensive. Times, Sunday Times
Air mail - rubbish thrown at the dustbin lorry from window. The Sun
Writing letters to the council about collecting your rubbish is another domestic thrill. Times, Sunday Times
Town halls claim the new approach is necessary to save cash spent dumping rubbish in landfill and to meet environmental targets. The Sun
He described her book as absolute rubbish.
Town halls claim the new approach is necessary to save cash spent dumping rubbish in landfill and to meet environmental targets. The Sun
The dustmen haven't collected the rubbish yet.
The Government has known for five years that disposing of solid toxic waste with domestic rubbish would be banned, bringing the UK in line with the rest of Europe.
They finally got an entirely new computer system based on casework needs and realities rather than the antiquated rubbish that had been passed on to them by the Government of the time.
You could rake up the rubbish but a leaf blower would make much lighter work of it. The Sun
The disposal of rubbish is always a problem.
So, just to make sure this is very clear, this is absolute rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
Under cover of darkness, and armed with sackfuls of rubbish, he wreaks havoc on the tidy town's effort, dumping in areas which have recently been cleaned up by local environmentalists.
Financial meltdown, with that most visible, third world symbol of a municipality in crisis: piles of uncollected rubbish.
Ensure that food and rubbish are kept in sealed containers. Times, Sunday Times
Once he was sure he was out of eyeshot of the tobacconist he dropped the pack of cigarettes, unopened, into one of the discreetly placed rubbish bins surrounded by unnaturally flourishing pot plants.
They praised reward schemes as an alternative to punitive charges on rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
The city aims to double the amount of rubbish people take to recycling bins and increase the amount collected from the kerbside by nearly 10 times.
The schools are patchy and rubbish disposal is a mess. Times, Sunday Times
People are dumping items around it: mattresses, old bits of furniture and rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
Large amounts of rubbish in the streets and round buildings attracted scavenging birds such as gulls, buzzards, ravens and red kites when things were quiet.
The fact that he is a rubbish candidate who has demonstrated over and over again his flakiness, inconsistency, flip-floppery, lack of principle and general untrustworthiness was unsayable.
Some street urchins and migrant workers then moved in and produced a lot of rubbish in the building.
There are various things to avoid, washer-men's donkeys and pariah dogs, unyoked ticca-gharries, heaps of rubbish, perhaps a leprous beggar. Hilda A Story of Calcutta
But we might remember too that the litter and discard which accompany decay are interesting in their heterogeneity: juxtapositions of fibula and quernstone, gold ring and ox scapula in sifting through the cultural rubbish tip.
The floor is filthy, there are piles of rubbish in the corners and the canvas of the ring itself is stained with blood.
What we are hearing now is just total drivel and rubbish.
Ensure that food and rubbish are kept in sealed containers. Times, Sunday Times
Red-faced environment chiefs today pledged there will be no repeat of the Hampshire scandal which saw tons of recyclable waste dumped in rubbish tips.
There were also more than 2,000 rubbish blazes started by firebugs in Bradford.
And we can safely say that it is a load of rubbish.
We are running out of holes to fill, and we can all help by reducing the amount of rubbish we produce, reusing items where possible, and by recycling most of our household waste.
At a barbecue men insist on cooking, only to discover that they're still rubbish at it.
The scheme requires people using a van or trailer to dump rubbish at household waste sites to pay for a permit.
These sentiments would strike any right-minded person as repulsive, hypocritical rubbish.
He is also alleged to have thrown a rubbish bin that hit one of the accompanying vehicles. Times, Sunday Times
You will not see any old rubbish selling at silly money. Times, Sunday Times
West Wiltshire District Council is introducing a new twin bin scheme, which sees recyclable waste and regular rubbish collected on alternate weeks.
It was a four door affair with a clutch that fell out and a rubbish gear box.
Buyers don't like more than half a per cent. of rubbish; I mean stones, dried twig-like pieces of pulp, dust, etc., left in the cacao, neither do they like to see "cobs," that is, two or more beans stuck together, nor ----. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer
We live indoors all year, consume rubbish, and pollute the atmosphere, and then go on vacations, spending hours on end in the midday sun, which magnetizes the body's acidity to the surface as we sweat out the toxins between beers and sodas. Natalia Rose: From Sunscreen to Sunshine
Pity the poor orchestra having to play second fiddle to that load of rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
If you want to listen to some ex editor of a Tabloid whitter on about the usual left wing rubbish, then watch Question Time. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
He said rubbish on motorways is unsightly and poses a danger to both drivers and animals.
Grungy bands of humans huddle around rubbish fires in hovels constructed of old tires and scrap metal.
I also include the litter droppers and the tippers of rubbish in the nearest convenient place for them, the latter being outside of the park at the moment.
Savage highlighted the ecological destruction caused by a field of 3.5m tons of plastic rubbish trapped and swirling in the north Pacific. Times, Sunday Times
Dumping the tri-partite system into the rubbish bin of history. Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me
This was during Euro 2008, and when accounts broke in the Dutch newspapers, the then-manager Marco van Basten went on the attack, rubbishing the story and demanding to know where it had come from.
We had no money and just this rubbish little thing that we all crammed into. Times, Sunday Times
I remember thinking the plot was sentimental, rubbishy pap.
Doesn't Clement get things given him?" said I. "Oh, he has plenty of plants," said Eleanor, "but then he's always making great plans about his garden; and the first step toward his improvements is always to clear out all the old things, and make what he calls 'a clean sweep of the rubbish. ' Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
He rubbished most of the novels written by contemporary writers.
And most of them have satellite or cable so they have even more channels of rubbish.
With dumps in the area full, locals have burned or buried rubbish in the surrounding fields. Times, Sunday Times
Shredding your statements and receipts is also a good way to protect yourself from ‘bin raiders’, who piece together personal financial information from your rubbish.
Even at 9am the town centre doesn't appear to have had the industrial cleaners cleaning up from the previous day's rubbish and litter, and so it goes on.
The proposals could see the standard rubbish collection being replaced by a ‘greener’ system, with household rubbish and recyclables picked up on alternate weeks.
Contemporary arbiters of taste dismissed his paintings as rubbish.
Yes, I did take some what you call rubbish, and did discover The Antiquary
Of course a lot of what he said was pretentious rubbish but that is normal for art critics.
He said:'There is very little refuse collection and recycling in many areas and rubbish just ends up getting washed into the river. Times, Sunday Times
Alas, it's a resource that is as well-catalogued as a rubbish tip and the librarians never seem to be around to help when you need it most.
A journalist who went to the site reported that empty beer bottles were strewn around and rubbish lay mixed up in the site. The Sun
The council provides residents with a green waste bin for non-recyclable household rubbish, bags for paper, boxes for glass and a separate bin for garden waste.
This bill should be consigned to the rubbish bin because it is wrong and that is where it belongs.
Critical rulings by ombudsmen are dismissed by ministers as rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
The expedition will make use of renewable energy, such as solar power, and will remove all its rubbish.
About the size of a very large Alsatian, the wolf hunts in packs and will eat anything from reindeer to household rubbish.
I hope you lot don't come to South Africa with your antivax rubbish. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
In January, an order was served on the company demanding that rubbish, rubble and waste was cleared from the land.
All the reject packaging was put into the special rubbish barrel in case we needed it for some other purpose.
Litter, rubbish, filth and grime - eyesores like these are a common sight in Bolton.
Thousands of tonnes of rotting rubbish form mountains on the streets in sweltering heat. Times, Sunday Times
Our gardens have been turned into rubbish dumps for discarded bottles, cans and crisp bags and it is disgraceful that extra police have to be employed on match days just to control the fans…
They have rubbishy foam sofas and the odd ironic beanbag, or leather pouffe.
Refuse collectors are instructed only to collect rubbish left in the bins and no other bags, in an attempt to reduce landfill and encourage recycling.
Stash old plastic or paper shopping bags near the rubbish or garbage bin and then you can re-cycle them as bin liners.
Mountains of rubbish are piled up to form a landscape that is almost lunar in its desolation.
How many readers have stood at the top of a landfill site and watched the dustcarts tipping their day's load of rubbish?
The rubbish could not be removed sooner because it was covered in snow. Times, Sunday Times
They have no support workers to collect the rubbish that they gather; instead they carry their full dustpans across the busy streets to empty them in the nearest dustbins.
The grounds surrounding are full of discarded carrier bags containing rubbish thrown from cars as they pass.
Now things are sorted, you should be able to identify duplicates, spares, and rubbish.
The volunteers piled up mounds of rubbish, including old prams, gates and fences and hoped the Council would remove it.
The money will be spent on extra dustcarts and employing more council bin men to implement the new rubbish collection regime.
‘The month of August could see stinking piles of rubbish on Dublin's streets,’ she said yesterday.
December 3, 2008 26 pp. of recycled neocon lite rubbish from Richard Haas and Martin Indyk, under the imprimatur of the Brookings Inst.: 03 « December « 2008 « Niqnaq
The grass is strewn with rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
There had been so much rubbish talked about him not staying. Times, Sunday Times
Speaking in a croaky voice one student admitted, ‘we've all be drinking too much, staying up too late and eating rubbish.’
Some people might describe that as well-honed natural flow, whereas I think of it being cliche-ridden, paint-by-numbers rubbish.
He is at his splenetic best when rubbishing Auden's poetry, a subject he joyously returns to again and again.
People worry that their hospital or rubbish collection service will somehow be compromised. Times, Sunday Times
Only sceptics reckon that bulls talk rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
Please cart off the mountains of rubbish.
If we are lucky some of them may return for an informal visit, but no thanks to those mentioned above or all the other pessimistic moaners who tried to rubbish the event.
Mr Colley said one source would be rubbish tips, where half-used tins could be collected in recycling bins.
She took two long steps and seized the marlinespike, yanking it off the desk in a shower of rubbish and clanging oddments. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
The green bin is for rubbish which can be composted like grass cuttings, plant trimmings, tea bags, coffee grinds, potato peelings etc. but no cooked food or raw meat.
As a result, the government ratified an international convention, prohibiting the dumping of rubbish from ships at sea. Times, Sunday Times
Continental Europeans rubbished the idea, saying that generations of French and Italian women and children had eaten soft cheese without ill effect.
There's nothing like waking up to bright clear skies with spectacular views of the Lhotse and Amu Dablam ranges – and a rubbish dump.
In the rubbish skips around the city she found a constant supply of credit cards. The Sun
Putting medicines in rubbish destined for landfill is not a good idea either. Times, Sunday Times
Paper, cans, bottles, green rubbish and plastic are all collected at the kerbside by an incredibly hi-tech lorry.
A sign has been erected asking people to take away any rubbish from the graveyard and not to just dump it in the corner as was previously the situation.
The northwest front has now five arches with ramparts fallen in; northeast barbette battery unserviceable; east front scarp much scaled by slant fire, with large craters under traverses; principal injury at level of arches and terreplein; two-thirds of southern wall east of magazine damaged; stone abutment unhurt and protected by rubbish; gorge not damaged since yesterday. Memoirs of the War of Secession
It seems to have attracted a nice range of comments from soft-hearted animal lovers and those who um, think everyone else's opinions are a load of rubbish.
The changes will mean residents placing their rubbish in a suitable container or into strong plastic sacks.
‘You're talking rubbish,’ said I, incensed that a flibbertigibbet biscuit such as the pink iced ones with white swirls could be held in higher regard than a Rich Tea which, as any fool knows, is a noble biscuit with real dignity.
Can banana juice and soya - bean milk commixture eliminate the belly rubbish having or not basis?
The Mail reports that: Millions of voters are to be deprived of their say over how their rubbish is collected. Democracy Labour style
Men of privilege without power are waste material, Men of enlighten-ment without influence are the poorest kind of rubbish.
In addition to rubbish collection and street sweeping, they clear litter from the open spaces in twelve of the council's estates.
Horsham district council is so impressed by his activities it has named a rubbish lorry after him. Times, Sunday Times
I know that in Liverpool in the late nineteenth century around 0.5 per cent of the entire lineal quayage was unusable because it was covered in rubbish: the lad did not know that.
They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.
Overnight the sea had washed up a lot of rubbish.
That by now nobody would bat an eyelid when their local rubbish tip is named the hot new art space. Times, Sunday Times
The field has been ruined, the grass has been churned up into mud, there are piles of rubbish everywhere and it's not even been bagged.
It's sad that they leave rubbish behind and equally sad that the resources of the council have to be deployed to clear it up.
The men came to remove the rubbish from the backyard.
His latest book is rubbish. He seems to think that because he's a famous author he can get away with murder!
Yet more are removing rubbish, refurbishing hotels and demolishing or concealing unsightly buildings. Times, Sunday Times

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