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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.


sigh So I guess that's nonsense too.

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.


We pay a lot of taxes period. I live in a capital city so they find as
many excuses as they can to pick our pockets. The point I was making (not
very well) is: I'd compost if they didn't pick it up. Austin is so
stupid. They pick up all our recyclables and store them and then they
have to pay to have them taken away because they didn't tie the recyclers
into a workable contract. Of course we pay for their mistake. I swear my
city utility bill goes up every month.

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...

Well....I see you're set in your ways. Good luck with all that. The last
plumber I talked to just confirmed what I learned in class and what I've
heard from other plumbers in the past. But I'm sure you know better.



Every plumber I have chatted with over the MANY years on jobsites say the
same...Garbage Disposers are not just a waste of money but down right
damaging , ESPECIALLY on a septic system...

I've talked to at least 2 (that I can remember) that said the same thing.
And, of course the instructors at the Waste Mgt. school said GD overload the
treatment systems. But, I was surprised that there is a treatment plant up
in MN that actually encourages the use of GDs. I'd think that would be the
exception. They use the sludge for bio-fuel. I couldn't help but think the
plumbers in that town must be busy.