I compost. Problem solved. Don't have a garden? Make friends with someone who does, and barter a swap of compostables for veg.
Lee WILTON wrote: > Agreed. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Stark" <barryst...@verizon.net> > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:25 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Garbage Disposers Banned > > >> >> Jerry - >> I don't know about NYC laws but I did manage apartments for 18 years >> in So. >> California and during that time, believe me, I fixed a lot of clogged >> drains >> due to GD clogs. GD manufactures will tell you how wonderful their >> machines >> are and that they can grind most anything. Well they may be great but >> that >> doesn't mean the waste line can handle the resultant debris. Here is the >> real scoop from both many plumbers and the school of hard knocks. When >> washing dishes pour as much grease or oils as possible into a can or >> jar, >> let it cool and solidify and dispose. Scrape as much food waste from >> plates >> etc. as possible with your fingers or a spatula and put that in the >> garbage. >> Any material left on the dish can go down the GD as you rinse it off. >> That >> is what GD's were really meant to do. They weren't meant to be food >> processors or leaf mulchers. As they grind they must have the cold water >> running, never the hot, and after they finish grinding run the cold >> water in >> copious amounts to help flush the debris for at least the count of 10. I >> would even count to ten for them as I was explaining the rules. These >> simple >> rules will alleviate almost all GD caused waste line plugs. These >> were my >> "house rules" that renters had to sign up to at the commencement of >> tenancy. >> If the renter broke those rules and the debris in the drain bore >> evidence of >> that, then they paid the bill to unclog the drain. Put it in your house >> rules as an addendum and serve it as a legal notice. When they know that >> they are responsible for paying the bill, it is amazing how the problems >> diminish. If someone insists in not following these rules, and you are >> foolish enough to let them do their own thing, then at least follow >> these >> two basic rules. Never ever put any fibrous vegetable down any GD. >> Examples: >> celery stalks. artichokes, asparagus, etc. If they want to put hot >> grease or >> oil down the drain they must have the cold water running never the >> hot and >> again after they finish grinding run the cold water in copious >> amounts to >> help flush the debris for at least the count of 10. >> One other thing that can save lots of bathtub clogs, or kitchen sink >> if they wash their hair in the sink, is to buy them drain covers with >> small >> holes to catch the hair. This is especially true with folks with long >> hair >> and sorry if I sound racist or cruel, but especially folks that have >> long >> coarse black hair or if they are the in the later stages of chemotherapy >> when the hair comes out in large quantities. Follow all these rules >> and you >> will thank me. >> >> Barry >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes- >>> boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Herrman >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:55 PM >>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >>> Subject: [MBZ] Garbage Disposers Banned >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>> signature database 6133 (20110518) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
