• jmcs
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    1 year ago

    Garbage disposable units.

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      1 year ago

      If you don’t compost and you don’t want your garbage to stink, they make sense to me. If you’re using it properly, i.e. just putting food waste in it, it’s going to decompose safely.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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        I use them more for taking care of the little bits of food that wash off my dishes when I have to clean them in the sink. Instead of grabbing all that gunk out of the sink and throwing it away (which is gross to do), I just let it go down the drain and grind it up in the disposal. EZPZ.

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        1 year ago

        It is bad for the water treatment plants or pipes if its overused. Only water should go down the drain. I can’t imagine the comfort they provide makes up for their downsides.

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          only once have one clog, and stop the trash bag from having so much food stinking in it. The water could be a problem if you treatment plants aren’t set up for it.

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      Am American… Have had several places over the years with garbage disposal units.

      I absolutely abhor the things… Almost no one uses them properly so they put shit in them that should be going in the trash causing clogs and busted disposal units.

      If my wife didn’t insist on having one I absolutely would not have one in my house ever again.

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      1 year ago

      My garbage can doesn’t get nearly as stinky now that I don’t have to throw much food waste in it.

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          I have several, including one in my kitchen, but I’m not sure how the number of trash cans in my house really changes the equation of “discarded chicken trimmings == really stinky trash can tomorrow”.

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            1 year ago

            You don’t have separate recycling? With recycling bins & separate food waste collection, our general waste wheelie bin takes ages to fill up…

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              We do, and most trash in my house ends up going in recycling. But there are still things that go in the regular trash that cannot be recycled. That is part of the problem actually. Because most things end up in the recycle bin, my regular trash bin takes 8-10 days to fill up. That is a lot of time for some raw chicken trimmings to just sit there making stank, especially so close to where I prepare my food.

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                I’ve found it helps if the bin isn’t completely closed off so the trash can dry. But I take it out every couple days, regardless of how full it is

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              Nope, but even if I’d did, shuttling all that waste directly from my kitchen to my curbside bin would be a lot more work than just sending it down the disposal.