What don't you put in the disposer?

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NEVER place any meats, cheeses, eggs (except the shells), or dairy producte in a composter. NEVER! Breads and pastas aren't good either. Organic wastes only. And remember to layer it. A layer of black (carbon based) material, and a layer of green material.
 
I have a 1 HP GE bought in 1994 to replace an ISE Badger3 original to the 1984 house. The GE is still going strong as compared to the ISe. I put everything down there except for paper related stuff and fat removed from chicken or beef. I've also learned for things that pose a challenge and potential blockage, I simply put small amounts down and works fine.
 
a three year compost

is the best - if you have the space. Ours didn't stink, but then mum was very strict about what did not belong in there...and what did.
I have seen catalog pictures of garbage disposers which were supposed to work well with septic tanks.
Something about the way the waste was ground in different steps - the bacteria were supposed to get organic waste with enough surface area to be able to effectively break it down.
I don't know - I wouldn't risk it.
 
Keven

I absolutely agree with you, that some of us Germans tend to overdo that recycling thing.
If I would seperate and recycle everything we have a bin for, I would already have the rats in my flat. LOL

Fact is that getting rid of unsorted rubbish is very expensive here and recycling pick up seems like nearly for free.
So I only seperate paper and plastic and other stuff only whenever I have larger quantities. Exept for the Biomass bin, which I refuse to use.
As to disposers, would be nice to have one... but on the other hand I appreciate the taste and purity of Munich tap water, which IMHO is far better than the stuff called drinkingwater sold in plastic gallons in Publix stores.
Thanks to those strikt enviromental regulations we have to face here, waterfilters are even less widely known than smokedetectors ;-)
 
15 coming for a cookout this afternoon

one offering on the menu is Margarita Fruit Salad. Here's some of what will go down my disposal today...

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Sweet Jesus, Take Me Now!

Yes, yes, yes! That is how the disposal was intended to be used! A machine to make life easier! Lord knows, you could fill a dump truck with what I have stuffed down a disposal. The only real reject I have encountered are artichoke leaves.
Wowee! You made my day.
Kelly
 
it all went too

Even I was kinda surprised, the MOL vintage 1/2 hp Waste King ate it all and didn't even object!
I was kinda expecting to pop the reset button with all that stuff!
 
Well, I guess I break all the compost "rules". I've put meat, fish, chicken, turkery, dairy products, breads, you name it, in my compost bins with no problems. Some people even advocate composting human soil waste, but I won't go that far (although urine is fine). In a properly set up compost pile, any pathogens are killed by the compost process - both heat and compost bacteria/fungi.

I don't add rose prunings (the thorns don't break down readily) and certain weeds that have gone to seed.

It's also not necessary to wait three years for a compost pile to mature. One year is more than enough, and some people are able to shorten that to a few months.
 
Stefan,

Munich tap water - remember the ads the city had up for a while claiming it was better than bottled stuff - the courts made them take them down 'cause of unlawful competition?
We do have excellent water and I certainly do appreciate the environmental protection laws. Did you know that our water is so pure it does not even have to be chlorinated?
I just get really pissed off at the raised finger "ich weiß was für dich gut ist" mentality of our local greens.
Since I'm German (long, long story) I always vote in the city elections for the Rosa Liste or SPD or anybody *but* the Greens.
Was Wasserfilter angeht...I am not so sure. I'm the only person I know who doesn't use a Brita filter...
Now if we could just get the city to bring back Sperrmülltage...when I lived in Icking I loved to walk around the streets looking at all the beautiful old machinery... here in Munich some nasty old Fraunzimmer turns you into the Öko-cops if you even dare put your still working appliances by the trash with a "zu Verschenken" next to it.
 

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