sink waste disposal

[Carlow52]

The environmental impact of these units is often overlooked.

There are 4 main impacts.

increased carbon footprint in making the unit
increased power usage
Increased treated water usage
Increased treatment costs due to increate Biochemical Oxygen Demand at the treatment plant.

The compost bin is the best solution but clealry if living in an apartment then the bin option is absent

 

[Tom K]

Of course there was a time when having seven grandchildren meant
no food waste apart from the odd bone and then only if you had no dog. :lol:

 

[RogerS]

dw...why don't you make up a ''Doggie-Bag' for your guests containing their share of the waste?

 

[devonwoody]

My days of raising children are over thank goodness.

Try telling your anorexic granddaughters to clean up their plate, if you have never experienced that, I suggest you avoid the situation if you want a pleasant holiday visit etc.

However this last visit was a pleasure, we did not seem to cook enough grub and they were coming in with take aways. One GD is now 6ft and eating for more growth,(I did originally put the word three, but thought you blokes would think she had been a naughty girl) so I changed the wording.

Chickens are back on the menu or perhaps fattening up a piglet for Christmas.

 

[devonwoody]

Hoping I have had some good news.

A local plumbers merchant has put one on order for me that he says will fit.

due 3 to 5 days, so will let you know.

 

[lanemaux]

Devonwoody , In the wilds of Canada we have a season that makes most of the worlds view of winter seem sort of comic. Yet once a week during this period from November til April (that being the time of snows here) brave lads drive the garbage trucks to our doors. In my case , some 30 yards from the door as that is my driveways length. For this boon they charge a mere 2.50 in canuck bucks per bag of refuse. That is a 40 pound bag maximum mind you. I will not begrudge the fact that this is fair reasonable a charge, it is. Our roads are near impossible to find for most of this time let alone drive on. Yet I am a cheap old fella and won"t pay anything I can avoid. with five skids ,(believe you call them pallets over in UK) I constructed a bin to compost most of my waste . Lined same with snow fencing and raised up the whole on cinder blocks . Now ,come spring ,(read summer for rest of civilization) we get fresh soil additive for the garden under the skids as well as fewer bags to the curb, 15 or so in 6 months. Oh yes ,for meat and bones type waste, love my dogs

Mike

 

[devonwoody]

Mike, it seems you live in a wonderland, not suburbia, I bet there are log cabins around and plenty of timber to burn and compost heaps which obviously give many rewards. I would have some poultry, piglets to fatten up in addition to above delights.

We have bought in eight corn on the cobs this week, two melons and we have quite a lot of vegetable waste and I am certain the waste bin supplied (designed I expect by a bachelor living on only convenience food) is insufficient in size to cope with that lot and we have nowhere to put any compost or do I now have the strength to empty a compost bin anymore anyway.

So I am getting an electric waste disposal sink unit to donate the above to our sanitation dept which also charge the highest sanitation rates in Britain and I suspect in the world.

 

[lanemaux]

Amigo, you ain't just whistlin dixie . Sometimes I "wonder" just how a city laddie like myself ended up in the clean green countryside. Answer is I married a country gal who had the poor luck of encountering me while working in big bad Toronto. Now I wake to the sound of some 80 head of beef cattle demanding attention, believe me when I say that 80 can demand with authority. Of the dozen or so neighbours that could be reached on foot comfortably , at least 6 drive horse and buggy to the market in the nearest town some 15 kilometers distant. So, no, room for massive compost operation is not a problem. Really strange bit is that the house I rent is not a farm. Just the leftover plot next to the gravel pit for the area, so have not gone completely "Green Acres" , yet near enough.
Mike

 

[dickm]

The environmental impact of these units is often overlooked.

There are 4 main impacts.

increased carbon footprint in making the unit
increased power usage
Increased treated water usage
Increased treatment costs due to increate Biochemical Oxygen Demand at the treatment plant.

The compost bin is the best solution but clealry if living in an apartment then the bin option is absent

I'd second all those comments; particularly the water treatment one. Can't remember the source, but there was a quote a few years ago about the additional investment that would be needed if many more households went down the waste disposer route. (and, of course, if you are on a septic tank like us hayseeds, then it's a complete no-no)
Seems like an awful lot of what people are calling "food waste" is actually stuff that is easily compostable. The ONLY things it's inadvisable to put into compost are cooked meat/egg/flour-based items - the rest will all rot down happily and not attract vermin.
As a son of the days of rationiing, I get really annoyed about the amount of food that is wasted now.

 

[devonwoody]

Our new food container has been filled in three days,
tea bags,
corn on cobs cores.
banana skins
potato peelings
runner beans wastage.
apple cores
meat bones,
fatty excess from meats,
egg shells.

Composting is not an option for many elder persons because of the labour involved, try shifting a cubic yard of compost in your seventies.


None of the above would be needed by a bachelor living on convenience foods or busy housewifes who go to work and also many avail themselves to this thing by necessity.

 

[devonwoody]

Oh I forgot the pineapples.

By the way someone has been tampering with my copyright?

 

[Tom K]

What is the capacity of this food bin John? Looks around 25l to me.
Are your neighbours all having the same problems? Perhaps you could share capacity.

 

[Benchwayze]

We have got the new waste bin collection changes coming to Torbay beginning Setptember, and the food waste bin is minute and no plastic bags allowed either.

So we think after 50 years we will have one of those electric sink waste disposal units fitted.

Had a look at Screwfix and they start at £80 upto £300+ .

What do you have and is it any good?

I'm now in the decorating stage of our new kitchen.

We have a new corner sink with a Franke waste disposal and I must say it's very good!

All unwanted food items go through it. I don't want to give the impression we waste a lot of food, because we don't. But, inevitably, there are tea bags, stuff left from food preparation and a bit left over after meals, and it all goes through the waste disposal.

So, we don't now put any food products in any bins.

If anything should go wrong with your waste disposal unit Peter, you could discover a whole new meaning to redecorating the kitchen!

John

 

[Peter T]

We have got the new waste bin collection changes coming to Torbay beginning Setptember, and the food waste bin is minute and no plastic bags allowed either.

So we think after 50 years we will have one of those electric sink waste disposal units fitted.

Had a look at Screwfix and they start at £80 upto £300+ .

What do you have and is it any good?

I'm now in the decorating stage of our new kitchen.

We have a new corner sink with a Franke waste disposal and I must say it's very good!

All unwanted food items go through it. I don't want to give the impression we waste a lot of food, because we don't. But, inevitably, there are tea bags, stuff left from food preparation and a bit left over after meals, and it all goes through the waste disposal.

So, we don't now put any food products in any bins.

If anything should go wrong with your waste disposal unit Peter, you could discover a whole new meaning to redecorating the kitchen!

John

That's brilliant. I could devise a whole new range of eco-friendly kitchen colour schemes. How about tomato with a hint of cabbage and courgette? Made with real tomatos etc.

Alternatively I could line the inside of the cupboard with canvas and create a new school of modern art. Tracy Emin eat your heart out!!

 

[Benchwayze]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Just hope it never happens; so easy to make mistakes. Like warming a tin of Oxtail soup in boiling water, without first puncturing the can!!!


:roll:

John

 

[Peter T]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Just hope it never happens; so easy to make mistakes. Like warming a tin of Oxtail soup in boiling water, without first puncturing the can!!!


:roll:

John

OUCH!!

Although it could be another exciting addition to the new kitchen colour range

 

[devonwoody]

What is the capacity of this food bin John? Looks around 25l to me.
Are your neighbours all having the same problems? Perhaps you could share capacity.

Measured up the inside 9" x 12" x 13" = 1404 cu.ins. thats three quarters of a cu.ft., and we have been used to 4 cu.ft collected fortnightly and that was just about the right amount of space.
So I reckon our seagulls are going to get fat down here and most probably lose their flying abilities.

Community on the whole is very unhappy and we have mayor elections next year.

 

[Benchwayze]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Just hope it never happens; so easy to make mistakes. Like warming a tin of Oxtail soup in boiling water, without first puncturing the can!!!


:roll:

John

OUCH!!

Although it could be another exciting addition to the new kitchen colour range

Was a nice colour yes. I got my German Shepherd up on a builder's plank to lick the ceiling clean!

IYBTYBA!

:lol:

John

 

[Peter T]

Was a nice colour yes. I got my German Shepherd up on a builder's plank to lick the ceiling clean!

IYBTYBA!

:lol:

John

Sorry, I can't believe that!!

It's well known fact that German Shepherds are afraid of heights :wink:

 

[devonwoody]

Not the Bavarian ones. :wink: