Spud peels are the worst because they swell up when you grind them in
the disposer, then they get caught in the bends and what not. I had to
clean my drains out several times when we had one in Houston because of
that (and someone not using enough water, and feeding them in too fast,
and generally not... well you get the picture). Municipalities also
find them now to be clogging up the sanitary sewers with stuff, and it
puts a heavier load on the treatment plant with solids that then need to
be disposed of, and that costs money and requires a special landfill if
they don't compost it and sell it (which also costs money and takes
space and investment...). It's just easier to ban them than deal with
stuff.
--R
On 5/18/2011 7:55 PM, Jerry Herrman wrote:
So, we have a rental and as we are leaving our house yesterday evening to attend a
meeting, the resident calls to say that the kitchen sink is clogged up. Being booked
solid for the next 24 hours or so, I call a plumber to take care of the problem. He calls
after doing the job to say that sweet potato peelings were run through the garbage
disposer (GD) and bunched up in the "J bend" causing the blockage. He removed
and replaced the trap, and took out the peelings. He proceeds to say that this house was
built before the use of garbage disposers, and is not designed to have a GD. He
recommends removing the disposer and restoring the original configuration under the sink.
I am not inclined to follow his reommendation, believing it to be a desirable feature for
residents. He says that NYC and other cities have banned garbage disposers.
My question: Why have some cities banned GD's?
Jerry
1982 240D
Does not run on potato peels
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