"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote:.
>>
>> So he did all this work and then told me never to USE the disposal. I
>> was like... Say what? Why do I have it then? He told me a disposal was
>> only meant to handle the lone bite of meat, bit of gravy or couple of
>> peas left on a plate. It could handle that just fine, but it could not
>> handle large amounts of food and would get clogged if I put too much down
>> it. Said my best bet was never to put food down it deliberately and to
>> run plenty of hot water down it every day.
>
> It's true. In the city of Raleigh, we receive instructions in our
> water/sewer bills
> that we should never put anything in the disposal.
>
> I put eggshells in there a couple of times a month, just to keep it clean.
>
> Why do you need to put food into your drain?
>
> Bag it, tie it up, put it in a covered trash can until trash day.

That's what I do, but I wind up throwing out a lot of food at times. Would
be sooo much easier if I could just put it down the sink.