Dear EarthTalk: I was surprised to learn recently that some cities, including New York, have outlawed kitchen-sink garbage disposals. I would have thought these machines were Earth-friendly. What’s ...

Many of us take our garbage disposal for granted, but when it stops working, it can shut down most kitchen tasks. We depend on this contraption to help break down a variety of soft food items when ...

Lexie is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Home and has over 6 years of professional experience as a writer and editor in the home improvement space. She's previously worked at sites such as HomeAdvisor ...

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Don't toss these foods into the sink to keep your garbage disposal running smoothly. “As a professional plumber with years of experience dealing with the aftermath of misused garbage disposals, I can ...

Kitchen food scraps can vanish at the flick of a switch — but the virtues of a garbage disposal might end there, say Vermonters well acquainted with the tail-end of residential plumbing. Few sewage or ...

The garbage disposal feels like the perfect solution to leftovers causing a stink in the kitchen, but hold up. Plumbers list the worst items to put down the disposal because they're the best items to ...

Some people love the convenience of their garbage disposals so much, they would rather risk the occasional inconvenience of a sink clog than deal with the odor of leftovers filling their kitchen trash ...

In the quest for journalists to continuously come up with ideas for articles, one easy solution is to look inward. And with my new(ish) rental apartment kitchen, that means adjusting to a new-to-me ...

Havre de Grace residents now have a site in the city where they can dispose of their kitchen waste and have it be taken away to be turned into compost. Mayor William T. Martin, speaking Friday during ...

Convenient? Absolutely. Legal? So far, yes. But kitchen sink disposals rank low on the list of ways Vermonters should steer their food scraps out of landfills to comply with a state law that takes ...