What are these containers called for waste?
There are so many ways to call these containers for waste. (correct me if some of them might sound weird/unnatural to use)
garbage can, trash can, rubbish can, pedal can, garbage bin, trash bin, rubbish bin, pedal bin
I'm totally confused. I know some of them might mean the same thing.
But please tell me which is which based on the following pictures by order? Please also let me know where you are from. (US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc...)
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Let's just consider the container where we throw our garbage.
In the Continental U.S., the two most common generic terms for these containers are trash can and garbage can. If you don't want to specify, these will always be understood for what they are: a place to throw your garbage.
Whether you will hear garbage or trash, is a regional and age-related matter.(ref 1)
Garbage can is most likely to be heard in Southwestern New England (All of New York state and Connecticut), New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois, and then all Northern States from Wisconsin to Oregon as well as parts of Utah and Nevada.
In all other parts of the U.S., including all Southern States, most people will say trash can.
In addition, according to Josh Katz¹
Since the 1950s, trash can has become increasingly common in American speech. Two in three people born in the 1990s would say trash can over garbage can.
As for the several pictures shown by the OP, 1,2 and 3 are trash cans, Number 4 can be found in supermarkets and retail stores under the name of roller bins
Number 5 is a trash cart.
Different models abound so it's not always easy to tell 4 from 5.
In Britain, it's a completely different matter and dustbin is one of the generic terms.
- Katz, Josh. Speaking American.
US native speaker here, East Coast mostly. Everything below is from my personal experience, not published sources.
Trash is assorted unwanted debris, but garbage includes food waste and other things that start to smell or attract vermin/germs if they sit; garbage pails or cans usually have a lid to contain odors. When I was a kid in the 1960s we had both a trash can and a garbage pail, because, I think, the city collected them separately.
Rubbish is mostly a British term.
(I now live in a city where there are separate collections for trash, recyclables, food scraps for compost, and yard waste, but most American cities are doing well to separate trash and recyclables.)
As for your examples:
Trash can, depicted with a plastic trash bag or can liner. Indoor or outdoor use, but too big and awkward for most home uses. Also called a trash barrel.
Trash can, garbage can, or garbage pail. Indoor use, I'd expect to see this type in a kitchen or doctors office, or perhaps a bathroom.
This might also be a "diaper pail" used to collect soiled diapers.
And a term you didn't mention: "disposal bin"; for example when discussing the proper location for used feminine hygiene products in a public restroom.
Trash can (with swing top.)
(Wheeled) Trash bin or maybe trash cart. I'd expect to see this type outdoors next to a house; you empty the indoors trash can into this as needed and then wheel it to the curb once a week to be picked up by the automated garbage truck. (The bar on the opposite side from the wheels is hooked by a claw from the truck's mechanism.)
Trash bin or trash cart. You might see something like this in an office or apartment building, or it might also be a utility cart that people use when working on their garden.
(Note: I've added terms from the comments where it was immediately obvious from my personal experience that I should have put them in without being promoted.)