waste disposal

john240870

Hi all hope all's well.
Iam having a problem with my kitchen sink waste we have a waste disposal which has been working fine for many years. In the last 6 months the waste from the sink keeps getting blocked when using waste disposal. Is it possible that the waste disposal is not grinding the food up small enough. As I said it used to be fine and nothing has changed. 

nofoollikeold

1. Make sure that when it blocks you clear the waste pipe right through to the end, probably under the grating over the gully.
2. If you grind things with fine skins, like onions, they block more readily.
3. The waste disposal unit won't last forever.  If its more than 8 to 10 years old I'd start thinking about a replacement.

FreeBear

Our local council collect food waste for composting & recycling - There shouldn't be any need for a waste disposal unit..

George_Michael

When using a waste disposal unit, what happens to the minced up food?
Does it simply get flushed down drain? If so, surely this can't be good for the sewerage system due to the problems of "fatbergs" becoming more and more common.

Snuggles

FreeBear said:

Our local council collect food waste for composting & recycling - There shouldn't be any need for a waste disposal unit..

But not all do - ours don't. And we have no use for compost so can't dispose of it that way.

Robin9

FreeBear said:

Our local council collect food waste for composting & recycling - There shouldn't be any need for a waste disposal unit..

Mine used to, invested a lot of money in special vehicles  and bins and then scrapped it.

FreeBear

Snuggles said:

FreeBear said:

Our local council collect food waste for composting & recycling - There shouldn't be any need for a waste disposal unit..

But not all do - ours don't. And we have no use for compost so can't dispose of it that way.

It is a shame that some councils don't have a composting scheme... This site might help you (and others) to hook up with a local community project that will compost food waste - https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/community-compost

Failing that, local allotments might provide an answer.

Snuggles

FreeBear said:

Snuggles said:

FreeBear said:

Our local council collect food waste for composting & recycling - There shouldn't be any need for a waste disposal unit..

But not all do - ours don't. And we have no use for compost so can't dispose of it that way.

It is a shame that some councils don't have a composting scheme... This site might help you (and others) to hook up with a local community project that will compost food waste - https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/community-compost

Failing that, local allotments might provide an answer.

Thank you, I will look in to that.

john240870

nofoollikeold said:

1. Make sure that when it blocks you clear the waste pipe right through to the end, probably under the grating over the gully.
2. If you grind things with fine skins, like onions, they block more readily.
3. The waste disposal unit won't last forever.  If its more than 8 to 10 years old I'd start thinking about a replacement.

Hi yes when it gets blocked I clean the drain completely
Do waste disposal become less affective? ie not chop up as well, as they get older.   

FreeBear

john240870 said: Do waste disposal become less affective? ie not chop up as well, as they get older.   

Yes. The blades or what ever is used to grind up the waste will get blunt and wear. So eventually, they are less effective at grinding stuff.

john240870

My thinking (probably wrong) that if the food was chopped up small enough to get through the waste disposal it must be working properly. All the food leaves the waste disposal and just get caught in the waste pipe.