Waste Disposal Units
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Whatever happened to waste disposal units? We just had a new kitchen fitted (about a month ago) and at no point did anyone mention fitting a waste disposal unit. Back in the eighties, you couldn't move without hearing about someone and their new waste disposal unit. Does anyone still have one? Are they just useless? Or have 90s B-movies about houses gone mad made us ever so slightly afraid? Just wondering... Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
I would say 95% of the homes around me have them. You do not hear of them due to it no longer new. They are great if you do not put to much down at a time. But for small scraps, etc. It is better than scraping every plate off prior to rinsing them off. Go to any Home Improvement store and you will find a selection. "I will find a new sig someday."
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Whatever happened to waste disposal units? We just had a new kitchen fitted (about a month ago) and at no point did anyone mention fitting a waste disposal unit. Back in the eighties, you couldn't move without hearing about someone and their new waste disposal unit. Does anyone still have one? Are they just useless? Or have 90s B-movies about houses gone mad made us ever so slightly afraid? Just wondering... Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
I may be mistaken, but I think here in Canada a lot of municipalities have actually banned the installation of these devices. The main reason being that your food scraps get ground up so fine, that the waste treatment becomes extremely expensive. The settling tanks need to be much larger (4-6X) and a greater reliance upon chemical additions to aid settling also occurs. Where I live, we are going to be starting up a pilot project to compost all food scraps. Each household will be provided with a plastic container that is to have all food scraps put into it. Once a week these containers will be picked-up and a clean one given out to replace it. All of the food sraps from the community will be composted to produce a mulch/fertilizer. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
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Hmm, you might want to get in touch with Tony Soprano, he's in the waste disposal business... I'll let him know the next time he pops in for tea and crumpets. :rolleyes:
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Hey David! Happy new year to the BBC Appreciation Society. :) David Wulff wrote: Hmm, you might want to get in touch with Tony Soprano So is this true or a joke? I seem to be the only person in the world who couldn't get into that program so it goes straight over my head either way :laugh:. Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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Guess i don't know how common, but they certainly do still install them. Of course, a wood chipper is still more efficient for disposing of your, um, former business associate, when he won't shut up & let you watch tv...
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Shog9 wrote: Of course, a wood chipper is still more efficient for disposing of your, um, former business associate :laugh: Yeah, I've seen Fargo. Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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they've started running "don't put food down the sink" ads where i live (NC, USA). i assume their gripe applies to disposals as well. -c
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Chris Losinger wrote: they've started running "don't put food down the sink" ads where i live (NC, USA). i assume their gripe applies to disposals as well. Really? :wtf: Amazing what you learn by asking stupid questions when they jump unbidden into your head. So what's the problem with food down the sink then? Not that I commonly throw a cabbage down the hole or anything, but rice can get everywhere :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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I may be mistaken, but I think here in Canada a lot of municipalities have actually banned the installation of these devices. The main reason being that your food scraps get ground up so fine, that the waste treatment becomes extremely expensive. The settling tanks need to be much larger (4-6X) and a greater reliance upon chemical additions to aid settling also occurs. Where I live, we are going to be starting up a pilot project to compost all food scraps. Each household will be provided with a plastic container that is to have all food scraps put into it. Once a week these containers will be picked-up and a clean one given out to replace it. All of the food sraps from the community will be composted to produce a mulch/fertilizer. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
Chris Meech wrote: Where I live, we are going to be starting up a pilot project to compost all food scraps. Each household will be provided with a plastic container that is to have all food scraps put into it. That's the kind of remarkable thing that seems to happen everywhere but Britain. We have trouble trying to get someone to pick up our trash. Black bins one week, brown bins the next, but then no one comes Christmas week and no one's quite sure what colour bin they're picking up this week. Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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Chris Meech wrote: Where I live, we are going to be starting up a pilot project to compost all food scraps. Each household will be provided with a plastic container that is to have all food scraps put into it. That's the kind of remarkable thing that seems to happen everywhere but Britain. We have trouble trying to get someone to pick up our trash. Black bins one week, brown bins the next, but then no one comes Christmas week and no one's quite sure what colour bin they're picking up this week. Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Paul Riley wrote: That's the kind of remarkable thing that seems to happen everywhere but Britain. Like I said, it's in a pilot phase. Whether the whole process is practical remains to be seen. If it does truly work though, one of the benefits that is anticipated is that the compost produced could be delivered back to each household if desired, or alternatively it may be sold and become a revenue source for the municipality. That could potentially offset the costs of the project. It will be interesting to see how this works out though. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
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Chris Losinger wrote: they've started running "don't put food down the sink" ads where i live (NC, USA). i assume their gripe applies to disposals as well. Really? :wtf: Amazing what you learn by asking stupid questions when they jump unbidden into your head. So what's the problem with food down the sink then? Not that I commonly throw a cabbage down the hole or anything, but rice can get everywhere :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Paul Riley wrote: So what's the problem with food down the sink then? i think they want people to limit the amount of organic material that gets into the rivers. they don't really explain much - but, the commercials are hillariously poorly done. -c
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Whatever happened to waste disposal units? We just had a new kitchen fitted (about a month ago) and at no point did anyone mention fitting a waste disposal unit. Back in the eighties, you couldn't move without hearing about someone and their new waste disposal unit. Does anyone still have one? Are they just useless? Or have 90s B-movies about houses gone mad made us ever so slightly afraid? Just wondering... Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Yep. I've had one in every house/apartment I've lived in. Just the thing for scraping the dishes into before they go into the dishwasher. Also just the thing for the (foolish) manager / marketeer who comes to dinner... MUWAHAHAAAA!
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Paul Riley wrote: So what's the problem with food down the sink then? i think they want people to limit the amount of organic material that gets into the rivers. they don't really explain much - but, the commercials are hillariously poorly done. -c
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Ahh, the public service advertisement. Gotta love 'em :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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Paul Riley wrote: That's the kind of remarkable thing that seems to happen everywhere but Britain. Like I said, it's in a pilot phase. Whether the whole process is practical remains to be seen. If it does truly work though, one of the benefits that is anticipated is that the compost produced could be delivered back to each household if desired, or alternatively it may be sold and become a revenue source for the municipality. That could potentially offset the costs of the project. It will be interesting to see how this works out though. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
:cool: I'm interested to see how that actually works out. BW "Gandalf. Yes. That is what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey. *I* am Gandalf the White." - Gandalf the White
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Yep. I've had one in every house/apartment I've lived in. Just the thing for scraping the dishes into before they go into the dishwasher. Also just the thing for the (foolish) manager / marketeer who comes to dinner... MUWAHAHAAAA!
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delete this;Gary R. Wheeler wrote: Just the thing for scraping the dishes into before they go into the dishwasher. Yeah, ya know... I'd have said the same thing about my bin. :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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Paul Riley wrote: That's the kind of remarkable thing that seems to happen everywhere but Britain. Like I said, it's in a pilot phase. Whether the whole process is practical remains to be seen. If it does truly work though, one of the benefits that is anticipated is that the compost produced could be delivered back to each household if desired, or alternatively it may be sold and become a revenue source for the municipality. That could potentially offset the costs of the project. It will be interesting to see how this works out though. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
Chris Meech wrote: It will be interesting to see how this works out though I for one would like to hear about it. :cool: Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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I hadn't even thought of trash compactors but yes, they went pretty much the same way. I meant the in-line under-sink thingemyjig. They're really common? I can't think of a single person I know who has one. But then I am an anti-social SOB, so that's no real gauge of popularity :) Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Paul Riley wrote: I can't think of a single person I know who has one. The only person I've ever met who didn't have one was my grandmother, and her house was built in 1913. Where the heck do you live, Arkansas? "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Guess i don't know how common, but they certainly do still install them. Of course, a wood chipper is still more efficient for disposing of your, um, former business associate, when he won't shut up & let you watch tv...
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Shog9 wrote: a wood chipper is still more efficient Yep. And they're right handy for teaching the neighbor's cat to stop leaving "presents" in your flower beds. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Hey David! Happy new year to the BBC Appreciation Society. :) David Wulff wrote: Hmm, you might want to get in touch with Tony Soprano So is this true or a joke? I seem to be the only person in the world who couldn't get into that program so it goes straight over my head either way :laugh:. Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
Paul Riley wrote: Hey David! Happy new year to the BBC Appreciation Society Thanks, same to you. :) Paul Riley wrote: So is this true or a joke? He once said to his physciatrist (sp?) that he was in the waste dispolsal business. That has to be the most publiced moment of the first series, surely?! Paul Riley wrote: I seem to be the only person in the world who couldn't get into that program so it goes straight over my head either way How can you not get into it? It has the best cast for that sort of program that has ever been created. Rumours say that members of the real mafia watch the series to try and work out who the characters are supposed to represent. :-D
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Paul Riley wrote: Does anyone still have one? Yeah, but its ancient. My brother stuck a fork down it a while back, and it took a lot of work to find new seals etc for it. Another alternative is to get swine, then you can get a methane supply, and Xmas ham as well. Regardz Colin J Davies
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Colin Davies wrote: Another alternative is to get swine, Or a lawyer. There are some things a pig won't swallow. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Paul Riley wrote: I can't think of a single person I know who has one. The only person I've ever met who didn't have one was my grandmother, and her house was built in 1913. Where the heck do you live, Arkansas? "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
Roger Wright wrote: Where the heck do you live, Arkansas? Worse... England :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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Paul Riley wrote: Hey David! Happy new year to the BBC Appreciation Society Thanks, same to you. :) Paul Riley wrote: So is this true or a joke? He once said to his physciatrist (sp?) that he was in the waste dispolsal business. That has to be the most publiced moment of the first series, surely?! Paul Riley wrote: I seem to be the only person in the world who couldn't get into that program so it goes straight over my head either way How can you not get into it? It has the best cast for that sort of program that has ever been created. Rumours say that members of the real mafia watch the series to try and work out who the characters are supposed to represent. :-D
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David Wulff wrote: He once said to his physciatrist (sp?) that he was in the waste dispolsal business. That has to be the most publiced moment of the first series, surely?! Ahh, yes, sorry; I have seen that clip, just forgot all about it. David Wulff wrote: How can you not get into it? It has the best cast for that sort of program that has ever been created. Just did nothing for me. I can't really explain why, there was nothing wrong with the program, there just wasn't a whole lot right about it either. David Wulff wrote: Rumours say that members of the real mafia watch the series to try and work out who the characters are supposed to represent. Hype. No better than Jackie Collins and her knowing wink when people ask her who her characters are based on. :-D Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
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Paul Riley wrote: That's the kind of remarkable thing that seems to happen everywhere but Britain. Like I said, it's in a pilot phase. Whether the whole process is practical remains to be seen. If it does truly work though, one of the benefits that is anticipated is that the compost produced could be delivered back to each household if desired, or alternatively it may be sold and become a revenue source for the municipality. That could potentially offset the costs of the project. It will be interesting to see how this works out though. Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
As I mentioned above, my grandmother was the only person I've ever known that didn't have a garbage disposal. At her house they used the compost pile for disposal. After every meal, all the scraps were scraped into a paper towel and carried out to the compost heap. All yard waste (leaves and grass clippings) went on the heap, as well. To prevent the compost from going bad and emitting a godawful smell, the amount of vegetable matter has to be much higher than animal products, but that was easy to do with a two acre lawn. The compost heap had two great attributes. Every year grandpa used it to produce the most amazing garden I've ever seen. He'd take about half the pile and work it into the soil each spring, let it sit a couple of weeks, then plants his veggies. The second use (and far more impressive for me as a little kid) was as a source for fishing worms. Grandpa "stocked" it with nightcrawlers and redworms, and none of us kids ever had a problem finding bait for fishing! The worms greatly improve the composting process, and help to keep the pile "alive." What community is this, btw? I'd like to keep an eye on the project myself. Our town is being forced by the feds to switch to sewers (at a huge cost), and knowing that the city has screwed up every public works project they've ever attempted I don't have high hopes for the project. We may one day have similar problems, and if this works for your town, I'll suggest it here. I hope it proves to be practical, and you should really take them up on the offer to deliver the compost back to your yard. It will do wonders for the soil! "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)