cabbage

English translation: garbage

16:48 Mar 7, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
English term or phrase: cabbage
In the sentence: "Sweep up and shovel without dust, and dispose as normal cabbage".


I am translating a text in the field of "occupational safety" and hazardous substances. I don't make out what cabbage means here, as it is talking about chemical substances.

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Morad Seif
Türkiye
Local time: 03:48
Selected answer:garbage
Explanation:
Almost certainly a typo.
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philgoddard
United States
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9garbage
philgoddard
4 +6spillage
Helena Chavarria
4 +5garbage
Rainer Zawadzki


Discussion entries: 21





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
garbage


Explanation:
Almost certainly a typo.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thanks for your help.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
0 min

agree  Peter Nicholson (X)
2 mins

agree  Tony M: Particularly if the doc comes from the US, as we don't use 'garbage' so much in GB.
4 mins

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
10 mins

agree  Cilian O'Tuama
14 mins

agree  M.A.B.
1 hr

agree  acetran
7 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
12 hrs

agree  Ashutosh Mitra
20 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
garbage


Explanation:
l am a chemist and from the context the sentence makes more sense if it is garbage.

Rainer Zawadzki
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thanks a lot

Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  M.A.B.
1 hr

agree  Tony M
1 hr

agree  acetran
6 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
11 hrs

agree  Ashutosh Mitra
19 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
spillage


Explanation:
SAFETY DATA SHEET
CLEANER SANITISER

6. 2. Environmental precautions: Prevent liquid from entering sewers, watercourses, underground or low areas.
6. 3. Methods and material for containment and cleaning up:
Sweep up and shovel without dust, and dispose as normal cabbage.
After cleaning, flush traces away with water. Only small quantities.
6. 4. Reference to other sections: Concerning personal protective equipment to use, see item 8.
Concerning disposal elimination after cleaning, see item 13.

http://www.pva-hygiene.co.uk/images/Data Sheets /Disinfectan...

Please see the discussion box.

I really don't think safety standards for toxic substances would recommend getting rid of the substance 'as normal garbage'.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-03-07 19:21:24 GMT)
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RE EC/453/Version: 2010 - ISO 11014-1

6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES
6. 1. Personal precautions, protective Avoid dust formation equipment and emergency procedures: Avoid contact with skin, eyes, or clothing
6. 2. Environmental precautions: Prevent liquid from entering sewers, watercourses, underground or low areas.
6. 3. Methods and material for containment and cleaning up:
Sweep up and shovel without dust, and dispose as normal cabbage.
After cleaning, flush traces away with water. Only small quantities.
6. 4. Reference to other sections: Concerning personal protective equipment to use, see item 8.
Concerning disposal elimination after cleaning, see item 13.

http://www.jangro.net/downloads/coshh/Kitchen_Sanitiser_Sach...

http://www.jangro.net/downloads/coshh/Kitchen_Sanitiser_Sach...

Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I agree this is more likely, though I can't imagine how it evolved into "cabbage". // Maybe it's to check that people are still awake and have read the document properly.
14 mins
  -> To make people laugh perhaps? Thank you, Phil! // LOL!

agree  Charles Davis: I used to do the same when I had a compost heap :)
50 mins
  -> Thank you, Charles :-) Incidentally, I put tatty cabbage leaves in my compost bin!

neutral  Tony M: I still have very strong reservations; the reference you quote is very dubious in places, and seems to have been cobbled together; it also separately contains the word 'spillage'.
1 hr
  -> Tony, thank you for your opinion ;-)

agree  Rachel Fell: I'd say "dispose of as", but obviously it can't be cabbage or garbage - perhaps just a mistake that's unwittingly been carried over to later documents.
6 hrs
  -> What started out as a seemingly simple question has become quite complex. Thank you, Rachel :-)

agree  acetran
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, acetran!

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Yasutomo!

agree  Piyush Ojha: Most likely.
1 day 16 hrs
  -> Thank you very much :-)
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