Historically, ‘garbage’ was specifically food waste, what we now would call ‘kitchen scraps’ or ‘compost’ if you live somewhere with a municipal composting program, or compost yourself. (Historically, ‘compost’ generally referred to the finished compost, rather than also the waste going in.) ‘Trash’ was other non-compostable refuse.
TL;DR Trash goes to the dump, garbage goes to the pig pen or compost bin
Historically, ‘garbage’ was specifically food waste, what we now would call ‘kitchen scraps’ or ‘compost’ if you live somewhere with a municipal composting program, or compost yourself. (Historically, ‘compost’ generally referred to the finished compost, rather than also the waste going in.) ‘Trash’ was other non-compostable refuse.
TL;DR Trash goes to the dump, garbage goes to the pig pen or compost bin
Interesting!
However, this was behind a coffee kiosk at a mall, so I’m going to go with ‘the manager isn’t too bright.’