Do You Have a Garbage Disposal? - Page 5

kivah · ‎03-11-2010

I have the In-Sink Erator. I don't which horsepower. I bought my new house 14 yrs ago - and this was the brand that was here. I replaced it 3 years ago, with the same brand. I also read that u shouldn't put coffee grounds down in it. At my previous home, I made a lot of hot cereal and emptied it down the garbage disposal - totally clogging it. I had to call a plumber. I would not get the lowest horsepower. They last a long time.

wismiss · ‎03-10-2010

Thank you, everyone, for all your replies. I just bought a house that does not have a garbage disposal. The city I am moving to has a lot of recycling rules (good) but allows only one 33-gallon bag of garbage per week. If you have more, it has to be in special bags that costs $2 each. So, I was thinking if I had a garbage disposal, that might eliminate the use of space of items that could go in the disposal. Do you live in a city with similar limits? Having lived out in the country all my life (except for college) and having unlimited number of bags for our weekly pick-up, I am trying to think how to reduce to one bag.

Again, thank you so much for all your info. I copied and pasted quite a bit of information that will be very useful.

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” St.Teresa of Calcutta

Sweetbay magnolia · ‎04-14-2013

How about worm composting? I'm being totally serious here, though it sounds gross. From what I have read they will tear up paper and household food waste, and are surprisingly non-intrusive and "clean". Then the by-product can go on to feed the garden soil.

A trash compactor?

Cogito ergo sum

MaggieMack · ‎10-01-2014

@wismiss wrote:
Thank you, everyone, for all your replies. I just bought a house that does not have a garbage disposal. The city I am moving to has a lot of recycling rules (good) but allows only one 33-gallon bag of garbage per week. If you have more, it has to be in special bags that costs $2 each. So, I was thinking if I had a garbage disposal, that might eliminate the use of space of items that could go in the disposal. Do you live in a city with similar limits? Having lived out in the country all my life (except for college) and having unlimited number of bags for our weekly pick-up, I am trying to think how to reduce to one bag.

Again, thank you so much for all your info. I copied and pasted quite a bit of information that will be very useful.

I share my house only with my pup and only have one garbage day a week, recycling every other week. The garbage can is noticeably smaller than the recycle can. With everything I can put in the single-stream recycle can, I have yet to completely fill the garbage can in one week for the two years I've had the service. Having a disposal helps keep the garbage down.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

debic · ‎09-02-2010

@depglass wrote:
We've always been told you can't have a disposal with a septic system. That's been through two houses since 1981. Now I'm just plain used to not having it.

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We used ours all the time. Lived there for 12 years without any problems.

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*Off The Deep End~A very short trip for some!*

debic · ‎09-02-2010

@Sweetbay magnolia wrote:
How about worm composting? I'm being totally serious here, though it sounds gross. From what I have read they will tear up paper and household food waste, and are surprisingly non-intrusive and "clean". Then the by-product can go on to feed the garden soil.

A trash compactor?

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Considering you sometimes only empty a compactor up to 2 weeks, some foods will stink. I don't put any meat in mine, no wet foods.

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*Off The Deep End~A very short trip for some!*

brii · ‎06-20-2010

Ours might be a KA. I'd have to check. It's very powerful.

I've always had one. I couldn't stand to throw out food scraps in the garbage. That must really stink.

I couldn't live without a dishwasher either.

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

@wismiss wrote:
Thank you, everyone, for all your replies. I just bought a house that does not have a garbage disposal. The city I am moving to has a lot of recycling rules (good) but allows only one 33-gallon bag of garbage per week. If you have more, it has to be in special bags that costs $2 each. So, I was thinking if I had a garbage disposal, that might eliminate the use of space of items that could go in the disposal. Do you live in a city with similar limits? Having lived out in the country all my life (except for college) and having unlimited number of bags for our weekly pick-up, I am trying to think how to reduce to one bag.

Again, thank you so much for all your info. I copied and pasted quite a bit of information that will be very useful.

We recycle as much paper/plastic as we can, do not use paper towels or anything like that. Use a garbage disposal and compost any veg/garden waste. Some weeks we just have 2 plastic grocery bags that we use from the grocery store for our garbage to be picked up and this is for 2 people and this summer my son is home. We have pick up 2 x/week

So you can do that,

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

Yes we do. We've had one for as long as I can remember. I grew up with one and if it breaks, we replace it immediately.

I've not read any of the responses here, just giving my opinion. DO NOT get a cheap disposal. You get what you pay for with these. We have the In sinkerator and we went middle of the road. There are just the 2 of us so we didn't need to get crazy. But the bottom of the line ones are just that. My sister made that mistake.

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

Ours is a Kenmore. I dump most stuff in the trash before rinsing. Not much goes through the garbage disposal. I think people put stuff in them that was not intended to put in them. I don't need our plumbing clogged up from something I put in the garbage disposal.