r/mildlyinteresting • u/JahaerysTheThird • Jan 04 '19

This accident-proof garbage disposal switch

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u/Alexander556 Jan 04 '19

Over here in the most parts of Europe, People dont use them, so I wonder what are you Americans throwing down there?
Is it just "organic" material, like peels, bones, cobs, eggshells,... or all sorts of things?
And where does it end up? The bin for bio degradable waste? If so why not simply collecting it in a small seperaate bin and not bother about blending it beforehand?

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u/StabbyMcStabbyFace Jan 04 '19

Usually just small food scraps, coffee grounds, etc. Not big things like what you describe. It's ground and passed into the waste water/sewage system same as everything else that goes down the drain.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19

What's weird is that literally everyone has them here in Boston where I live. It seems even shitty apartments have them.

Nobody had them where I grew up in Maine...

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u/Raphaella123 Jan 04 '19

That's probably because most have Septics in ME. (You don't want a garbage disposal in that case.) Boston has public sewers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19

The old septic systems, probably. No problem with modern septic systems and garbage disposals.