On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:44:57 -0500, "JimT" wrote:

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On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:00:32 -0500, "JimT" wrote:


"Colbyt" wrote in message
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"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Colbyt wrote:

I replaced ours last Fall and moved up to the $160 model from
Lowes. It is much quieter and does a much better job.


Uh, how can you tell it does a "better job" without inspecting
the, uh, you know...


The builder installed model would not eat a single onion skin. Nor
could it handle more than one potato peeling.

This one makes very short work of onion skins or the peelings from 3
pounds of potatoes.

I have not needed the plunger since I installed it.

Colbyt


Not trying to **** you off, but why would you put so much stuff down
the GD? That stuff goes in the trash or compost.

Because I don't like rotting food sitting around the house. I don't
like the smell or the pests.

http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/pubs/625r00008/fs2.pdf

By dumping solids you're overloading your town's waste-water
treatment facilities or your septic system.

Nonsense.

I dissagree.

Just quickly scan the PDF doc.

I did.

Back in the 70s when I was still trying to
figure out what I wanted to major in, I took some waste-water treatment
courses at NMSU. I changed my mind about my major but I did manage to learn
some things about the subject.

I put a small trash can with a lid by my backdoor for kitchen waste. The
city comes by each week to pick it up for compost, but we pay a lot for
garbage. It would be just as easy to throw it in a covered trash can.

What has that to do with the price of oats in China? You pay a lot for
garbage pick up, likely because you have union or government (or both) workers
picking it up. I paid a lot when I lived in the NE, too. Enough that it was
cheaper to take it to the "dump" myself. It was still more expensive than
"full service" garbage collection is here. ...from the city, too. You're not
going to find that waste in your garbage can.

BTW:
The last plumber I talked to said to not use a GD at all. He recommended I
take mine out altogether. I just use mine for the stuff that comes off the
dishes after scraping the large stuff in the trash; so I'm not completely
against them. He told me absolutely eliminate all starchy items in the GD
because starches will eventually clog the system.

More nonsense. If the plumbing is done correctly a disposer isn't going to do
anything harmful to the plumbing. If you have trees in your pipes, well...