Are waste disposal units environmentally friendly?

Question

Is a waste disposal unit a reasonable option if you don't have a compost heap/bin? Does it waste too much electricity and water, or is that matched with the savings from not creating more landfill?

Answer 1

Some new ones are "green," but the old ones are not.

Answer 2

It's a good way to be rid of small amounts of food waste but it helps feed the sewer rats. Also the waste ends up in the sea (after treatment) and considering that we import food, that has probably been raised using fertiliser, one can surmise that  by using the disposer we are wasting a lot of potential soil nutrient. The same could also be said for human waste, because that is the by product of imported food.

On the whole I think a waste disposer is a good choice if you don't compost., It is certainly hygenic. Refuse collection uses energy, and you could always use the washing up water to flush the food down the  disposer.

Food waste has always been a problem, ever since man started living in caves.

Answer 3

I don't know but in Europe they use honey wagons, (p**p), and when it gets ripe they put it on the flowers.  When it rains the p**p smells stronger than the flowers.  This really happened to me in Germany at a resturant.  God, it was awful!  Experiment for alternatives!