The search is on for rotters in the Harrogate area. The OED defines a rotter ‘one who is objectionable on moral or other grounds; a useless, or inefficient or disliked person’ but the local authority thinks they will be … ‘people who will help reduce waste and sustain the environment. Rotters are volunteers, drawn from all over North Yorkshire, who offer friendly advice and expertise to people in their local communities who would like to reduce their waste and save money.’
Tommy rot, nonsense, bosh, twaddle, nonsense, balderdash, claptrap, codswallop, guff, baloney, bunkum, hogwash, poppycock or to come back to North Yorkshire Rotters main purpose ‘ Rubbish’!