Food scraps make up 10-20% of household waste. The idea behind garburators is to shred food into small pieces so they are almost liquid and can be managed by sewers and wastewater treatment plants. Garburators are installed under the kitchen sink between the sink drain and trap. Blockages occur in garburators when foods like corn husks, leaves, or starchy potato skins are put through the grinder. Continue reading
Month: March 2017
Don’t flush that down the toilet
Most of us are fortunate to have flush toilets in the comfort of our homes. We no longer require an outhouse to go about our business. But we also don’t have them as backup in case of emergencies when something makes it way into the toilet bowl, clogging up the works! Continue reading
