Is an in-sink garbage disposal enviornmentally friendly?

Question

I live in an apartment so I don't have a yard for compost and I don't have any place for the soil from an indoor composter. I know it is bad to throw away organic waist and that it makes methane gas but what about my garbage disposal? Does this waist wind up in the land fill too? I live in a good community (Lawrence, KS) so I think they have good waist practices but I have no real clue.

Answer 1

Yes, as long as you don't put any squirrels and sh*t down it, you know.

Answer 2

Garbage disposals are some of the worst things to have. I know we all thought they were great when they first came out.

Now think about how much harm they do.....first off the organic matter usually ends up clogging the pipes. You have to run a lot of water ( good fresh water at that ) down the sink to help flush out disposal....then once this garbage...if it all makes it to waste water plant has to be treated and filtered....causing more work and more chemicals to break it down.

Best thing to do is place any unwanted or wasted food ( garbage ) in the trash that can to be hauled away....that way you are saving 100's of gallon of fresh water from going down the drain.

Answer 3

No, it's bad. You have to run water down them constantly and they use electricity. They are a waste of resources. better to throw waste in the trash than to throw it in the disposal.