We've moved into a new house (we're renting) and for the first time we have a waste disposal unit in the sink. This has caused a lot of glaring, snorting and finger-pointing. There are three occupants of our house who all take different views: - I think waste disposal units are evil. The only way I would use one is if it went straight into some kind of composting unit, and was not connected to the waste water system. Therefore I take all food waste, including coffee grounds and tea bags, and put them in the worm bin. - My partner thinks waste disposal units are fine. He wouldn't dream of sending kitchen scraps to the landfill, but happily stuffs them down the insinkerator with total faith that the council sewerage treatment system will do the right thing with the resulting sludge. - Our flatmate is all about convenience. She does whatever is easiest and would probably put empty wine bottles down the waste disposal if she thought she could get away with it. Instead she puts them in the RUBBISH BIN (glare, snort, point finger). So what is the Absolute Truth about waste disposals?
Submitted by Lindis on 16 July 2008 14:56:21
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Do you take your own faeces to the worm bin (the same food waste banned from the "evil" waste disposal)?
You've stumbled on the key factor in the responsible use of these units...Deciding what should and shouldn't be put into the grinder. And without the same public pressure and big business influence of the cigarette companies (which seems to keep tobacco on the market), perhaps government environmental regulators would have banned these appliances last century if they were adversely affecting the environment.
Why should your garden get all the good nutrients from the break-down of our food?
Submitted by martysamuels on 17 July 2009 11:47:35