Does anyone use in-sink garbage disposals anymore? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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When I was growing up, these seemed to be ubiquitous and I never liked them. They seemed overcomplicated for the purpose, and created a gross and smelly area under the sink that needed more cleaning.

I haven't had one in years, as a simple sink mesh does the same job. But I don't really know how other people are. Are under sink garbage disposals still common, and commonly actually used by people here?

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[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

I’ve never not had one, do you scoop all your food waste out of the sink with your hands? Cleaning is as easy as dropping a lemon peel in once in a while or a tray of ice.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Big stuff straight into the trash. Little stuff into the sink strainer. It all settles to the middle of the strainer. Pick up the strainer and dump it into the trash.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Does the debris ever clog the strainer? Sometimes the disposal gets clogged and holds filthy water in the sink, and I just run the disposal and it clears it all out. Otherwise you'd have to reach in and grab the strainer out and that's... Ew.

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