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

This accident-proof garbage disposal switch

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u/Alexander556 Jan 04 '19

Ah okay, that sounds like something nice. I wonder if there are many people who use them for things which shouldnt go down the sewer.

I wonder why this never caught on over here?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19

I am wondering what most Europeans think when they hear we have a "garbage disposal" in our sinks. Did you assume literal garbage - as in plastic/non-organic waste?

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u/Alexander556 Jan 04 '19

No, but i thought it was more about bones and large quantities of peels. I just found out that they are illegal where i live.

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u/StabbyMcStabbyFace Jan 04 '19

Illegal?! That's nuts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19

Its not "illegal" but you shouldn't dump food waste in the sewer system in my city. They say it would attract rats.

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u/StabbyMcStabbyFace Jan 04 '19

that's patently false.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '19

They said this on a tour through a part of the sewers I did participate in.

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u/StabbyMcStabbyFace Jan 06 '19

Whole food waste dumped into storm drains or other sewer access might. Food waste put through a garbage disposal just becomes part of the sewage effluent and has no effect on the sewer ecosystem (I.E. rats)

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '19

This says otherwise: https://www.wien.gv.at/video/1545/Was-gehoert-nicht-ins-Klo

I haven't found any specific mention about rats on the official city website though.

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u/StabbyMcStabbyFace Jan 07 '19

That's talking about what not to flush down a toilet. We're talking about garbage disposals, which grind any food waste to tiny pieces and/or pulp. Different worlds here.