Does anyone use in-sink garbage disposals anymore? (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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[-] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

They were never a thing in Europe.

The sewage treatment is not built to handle that kind of stuff. The sewage pipes aren't too happy about it, either. I might flush some carbs down the toilet. The poop-munching bacteria at the treatment plant get a nice growth boost from it. Grease not only clogs your own pipes, but causes issues for the whole city. I think it's possible to get fined for it if you'd get caught starting a year or two back.

Food waste goes in the trash or compost. If it goes in the trash it's burned at industrial temperatures to burn clean. The heat is used for district heating networks.

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

They were never a thing in Europe.

Not really a thing in Canada either. Bought a reasonably midrange ($600k) brand-new apartment back in 2006, it didn’t come with it. Also have never seen it in any other house that I’ve visited, except for the wealthy. And by that, I mean in a house that you would normally pay $4-8 million for. Which is certainly upper middle class where I am, but not overly wealthy.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

The sewage treatment is not built to handle that kind of stuff.

They're also not built to handle it in the US, but lower standards solve that problem pretty handily

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

Yeah, grease and oil kills plumbing

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