What goes down garbage disposals?

Answer 1

anything you like... depending on what sort you have. home disposal units arnt as powerful as inustrial units.

if its a home unit, stick to food scraps, no bones of any description, (some units can handle chicken bones) & steer clear of banana skins, they dont chomp up so well. also keep spoons well clear, fingers & other things solid that you dont want ruined.

Answer 2

Most food wastes, such as vegetables and meats that you could (theoretically) eat.

Avoid bones.

Avoid liquid fats that can get hard in cool temperatures.

Avoid non-food items such as glass or metal - it's possible to eventually grind up a spoon, I suppose, but it's going to blunt the 'flippers' that grind the food.

Avoid stringy vegetables/fruits such as celery.

Avoid hard rinds from fruits like melons.

Avoid pits from stone fruit (such as plums, peaches) or other hard detritus from food.

Avoid eggshells.

think of a garbage disposal as a hungry teenager with fairly strong teeth.

Answer 3

It gets ground up into little pieces and it goes down the drain. It then goes to your waste treatment area. Food scraps are an undigested (but finely ground) version of the other stuff that goes to waste water treatment systems.