Highland Council said that in England people can be fined if they throw waste in the wrong bin.

BBC: Highland Council warning on holiday home rubbish

The authority has pointed out that in England people can be fined if they throw waste in the wrong bin.

BBC: Paper

I've finished the first book and put it aside for a few months - to see with fresh eyes whether it's worth something or I need to throw it in the waste basket.

BBC: 'I'm no Havel' says campaigning Russian author Akunin

But in these days of environmental awareness, not to mention high energy prices, it seems a waste simply to throw the heat thus collected into the atmosphere.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

Their teacher, Alice Lee, hopes the experience will encourage the students to think twice about the food they waste - many of them throw away their school lunches and eat instant noodles from the tuck shop instead, she says.

BBC: Business

That's because Portland has long operated under what the industry terms a "pay as you throw" plan, charging consumers by volume of waste placed at curbside.

WSJ: Portland Creates Buzz by Cutting Garbage Pickups

Since the mid-nineteen-seventies, per-capita food waste in the United States has increased by half, so that we now throw away forty per cent of all the edible food we produce.

NEWYORKER: The Efficiency Dilemma

And because most of our homes and office aren't energy-efficient, much of that energy just goes to waste, while costing our families and businesses money they can't afford to throw away.

WHITEHOUSE: Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency and New Jobs