Does anybody know of a composting system that can collect the stuff from a garboage disposal?

Abela A on Fri, 4th Sep 2009 5:47 am 



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worm12ga on Mon, 7th Sep 2009 3:37 am 



Disposals add too much water, you’d still have to add a bulking agent, and the more water the more bulk you’d need. But why bother? The disposal sends the stuff down the drain, and it is seperated downstream and digested. It’s not ideal, but it’s still way better than throwing it in the trash.

If you *really* wanted to do this, and had money to burn, you could build your own anerobic digester and route the disposal to it. This would be neither easy to do or cheap.

whsgreenmom on Thu, 10th Sep 2009 11:24 am 



I try to never put anything into my garbage disposal. Remeber anything that goes down the drain has to be removed when it goes to the water treatment facility.

It’s better to put a green waste bucket under your sink and toss your scraps into it. Most compost systems recommend not to put anything that has been contaminated by oil or meat.

I have a small worm farm in my kitchen that I feed all my kitchen green waste to. I put a link to the how to video.

Marlin M on Sat, 12th Sep 2009 6:40 am 



No I don’t but everything unless its meat or oil I place in a container like an empty coffee can with a lid. Then I toss the contents onto the compost pile. Coffee grounds included

stinkyfeet13666 on Mon, 14th Sep 2009 8:44 am 



Wow, would it take all that much more energy to walk into your backyard carrying the food and just throw it into your compost pile? It would waste more energy to put it through your garbage disposal first anyway.

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