A Ferengi garbage scow was a type of garbage scow utilized by the Ferengi as a means of controlling their waste management. In the holonovel Photons Be Free, Torrey, who served as the chief engineer of the fictional USS Vortex, described the ship's misaligned dilithium matrix as being the worst she had ever seen since she served aboard a Ferengi garbage scow. (VOY: "Author, Author")