Is a kitchen sink garbage disposal outdated?

[Anonymous]

I heard they are illegal in nyc. Is this no longer a thing to do when renovating a kitchen?

[Anonymous]

They have been illegal in NYC as far back as I can remember, this is not new. Nothing has changed and people use them as they always have.

[Anonymous]

I remember watching a plumber working on the sink in my house as a kid. He told my mother "Garbage disposals are good for two things: Making money for the people who sell them, and making money for plumbers."

I have 6 rentals and none of them have disposals. I pulled them out of the first two after one tenant decided to try and grind up the peels from 10lbs of potatoes down them and the other tenant emptied the dustpan from their kitchen floor into the sink. We pulled a handful of gravel and 4 pennies out of the disposal -- right before we pulled out the disposal.

[Anonymous]

They are no longer illegal in NYC. That was a relic of an old wastewater treatment issue. They are an environmentally friendly way of disposing of food waste, especially if you can’t compost. If you put food waste in trash it releases a lot of methane. A disposer mitigates that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember watching a plumber working on the sink in my house as a kid. He told my mother "Garbage disposals are good for two things: Making money for the people who sell them, and making money for plumbers."

I have 6 rentals and none of them have disposals. I pulled them out of the first two after one tenant decided to try and grind up the peels from 10lbs of potatoes down them and the other tenant emptied the dustpan from their kitchen floor into the sink. We pulled a handful of gravel and 4 pennies out of the disposal -- right before we pulled out the disposal.

I’ve had them in 6 different houses over the last 20 years and never had an issue.

[Anonymous]

Why do people grind things down the disposal? I never encountered one till I came to the US, so I’ve always been curious. I have a disposal because it was already there, but I use a sink strainer instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people grind things down the disposal? I never encountered one till I came to the US, so I’ve always been curious. I have a disposal because it was already there, but I use a sink strainer instead.

Better for the environment and less rotting food smell in the trash.

[Anonymous]

We rarely use ours as it’s bad on the pipes but it’s good for things that fall in the drain.

[Anonymous]

Omg, just because something is done in NYC doesn’t mean it’s hip or cutting edge!

They’re illegal in NY because their pipes can’t take it. The water system in most of the city was built before disposals were invented, plus it was not built to handle extra solid waste from the large population NY has now.

[Anonymous]

I HATED not having one in NY. You have to take your garbage out every day to avoid attracting bugs/mice. (Yes, even in high-end buildings.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are no longer illegal in NYC. That was a relic of an old wastewater treatment issue. They are an environmentally friendly way of disposing of food waste, especially if you can’t compost. If you put food waste in trash it releases a lot of methane. A disposer mitigates that.

You got a cite for that? Solids get pulled out of the wastewater at the sewage treatment plant, and go to a landfill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are no longer illegal in NYC. That was a relic of an old wastewater treatment issue. They are an environmentally friendly way of disposing of food waste, especially if you can’t compost. If you put food waste in trash it releases a lot of methane. A disposer mitigates that.

You got a cite for that? Solids get pulled out of the wastewater at the sewage treatment plant, and go to a landfill.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Lifestyle/wireStory/kitchen-sink-disposal-environmentally-friendly-61853820

[Anonymous]

We compost.

[Anonymous]

I used to think they were better for the environment but then learned the solids that go down the drain are filtered from the waste water and tricked to landfills. It is better to put them in the trash directly. Disposal also uses electricity and water.

[Anonymous]

Garage disposals=must have