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You should be able to see your reflection in it! (lemmy.world)
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[–] grue 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You should rip your garbage disposal out and replace it with a normal drain, then put your food waste in the compost or trash instead.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yea and carry all of your laundry to the river and beat it against a rock!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Oooh, there is this great startup that sells a smart stream and rock for cleaning your clothing. The monthly subscription is very reasonable for the experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

(we. thought. you. was. a. toad.)

[–] grue 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, because scraping your plate off into a trash can is so much less civilized than scraping it off into a sink. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The neighborhood gang of masked bandits prevents me from doing this. They like to pillage the trash cans and leave the evidence all over the driveway.

[–] AA5B -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, food scraps belong in a landfill, where they can be sealed over and fester for years, perhaps preserved for future archeologists to study. Disposals just add your food waste where it can decompose and rejoin the cycle of life. We don’t need that

[–] grue 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What part of

then put your food waste in the compost

did you not understand?

[–] AA5B 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This part

or trash

Yes, disposal can take care of the same subset of foods as composting and in pretty much the same way.

  • composting is a better choice if you garden but otherwise is extra steps
  • disposal is much more convenient, but if you don’t know what’s appropriate you may clog your plumbing. Or if you have a septic system, it probably wasn’t designed for that and will clog.

I rest easy knowing the food I put in the disposal is ground up and mixed with biological waste so is quickly digested on the way to the sewage treatment plant. I further know we have advanced treatment such that any remaining food sits in a digester for 30 days before being filtered and the remaining indigestible fraction sent to a landfill. I also have a reasonable handle on what to use it for, so have never had a plumbing issue.

Coffee is the only problem area. The grounds would be good to compost but bad to put in the disposal

[–] RBWells 2 points 2 months ago

I have a compost but the disposal is a fantastic addition to my life. Some rice in the sink? No problem. Broth, compost, disposal. Sometimes trash. Obviously divert as much as you can, but the garbage disposal in the sink is wonderful.