Kalmia wrote:
> On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:13:20 PM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> In article >,
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>> Helpful person > wrote:
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>>> This isn't a reply about refrigerators, but if you are truly
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>>> remodeling I can thoroughly recommend a trash compactor. It
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>>> takes up the same space as a dedicated waste bin and for a family
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>>> of four only needs emptying once a week. I have always had
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>>> difficulty understanding why everyone doesn't have one. They are
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>>> well worth the cost.
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>> I don't think I could lift a week's worth of trash. And doesn't
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>> it smell? I empty my trash every couple of days.
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>>> Another piece of advice. If you have room for an island put a
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>>> sink in it. All you need is something small. When preparing
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>>> food it's great to be able to brush the waste from your cutting
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>>> board straight into the sink.
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>> Provided it's close enough to a vent stack.
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> My trash compactor is emptied about every. 3 months. That's because
> I only put dry, non-food items in it which can't be recycled. So
> it's full of things like cellophane, tinfoil, soft plastic bags stuff
> like prunes come in. We also empty the other wastebaskets from other
> rooms into it. Just stuff like
> tissue, foil wrap etc which can't be recycled. I could live without
> it, for sure, but it came with the house and so far I can still find
> compactor bags.

I was wondering about trash compactors the other day. My aunt had one back
in the 1970's and was just thrilled with it. I haven't seen one since nor
have I known anyone else who had one. These days I have more recycling than
anything else. So a compactor wouldn't do much good. I have to pay for
trash pickup whether I put anything out or not.