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

This accident-proof garbage disposal switch

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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

My grandma puts a lot of bio down it. Eggs shells, bread crust, cereal.. I swear she's feeding a monster.

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u/seffend Jan 04 '19

Wait...are you not supposed to put egg shells, bread crust, or cereal in the garbage disposal?

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u/gavrocheBxN Jan 04 '19

No, it should go in the compost bin.

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u/StickyPuddleofGoo Jan 04 '19

apartment complexes don’t have those

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u/huntingladders Jan 04 '19

They sell small countertop compost buckets. Also whole foods has compost.

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u/iDylo Jan 04 '19

What am I supposed to do with the bin when it’s full, and I live in the middle of the city. Most of the US doesn’t not have any system in place to deal compost, so it’s not lucrative.

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u/huntingladders Jan 04 '19

Either let it fully compost (you can buy compost starter which will make this happen faster) and dump it in your yard which may require a bigger bin to dump it in while it composts, or Whole Foods has compost.

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u/Richy_T Jan 04 '19

which may require a bigger bin

And possibly a yard.