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Kendall Christiansen replied to the topic a discussion about sustainability & garbage disposals in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN 14 years, 8 months ago
surprise: disposers are factory-tested on frozen steer bones, so can easily handle peach pits – allowing for a bit of noise, of course; perfectly ok to grind bones, as long as they fit w/in the grind chamber and don’t just spin around vertically. mango pods tend to get jammed in the grind chamber because of their size.
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Kendall Christiansen replied to the topic a discussion about sustainability & garbage disposals in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN 14 years, 8 months ago
Yes, this topic tends to generate alot of misinformation/misperception, vs. looking at the research (e.g., water consumption); it has been a more legit issue with respect to commercial/food service disposers, which conventionally run continuously along with a water feed, but water-control sensors are available that minimize water use when the…[Read more]
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Kendall Christiansen replied to the topic a discussion about sustainability & garbage disposals in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN 14 years, 8 months ago
Not quite sure why this topic appears on this site, but the basic assertions are significantly misinformed. Food scraps increasingly are regarded as a resource – not waste – suitable for conversion back into clean water, fertilizer products and renewable energy (principally methane via anaerobic e). Given that food averages 70% water, in most…[Read more]