Any one in Canada have a garbage disposal in their home?

[Skippy918]

I don't know of anyplace near me either that has composting run by the city. I have a garbage disposal and it's great for food scraps. I still throw chicken bones and other hard scraps in the trash.
As far as I know, I don't recall seeing disposals in the NYC area.

 

[Jdbsfw]

I've had one in every house I've lived in Texas and Louisiana, but the nicest and newest house I've lived in (current home) doesn't have one.....

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Can't imagine not having one. We don't deliberately put food down the drain, but it sure comes in handy when it happens.

 

[minnie56]

I know a few people who have them but they're not allowed here ..at least in this area.
Not good for the environment they say.
I had one in our Florida condo we owned and loved it ..too bad.

 

[ronandannette]

You may have to sooner than that - it looks like Calgary is considering city-wide compost collection in the near future: http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/WRS/Pages...ices/Organics-recycling/Green-Cart-Pilot.aspx

Halifax has been doing compost collection for ~18 years. You get used to it and it seems funny to put food waste in with garbage when we travel now. Some people still don't do it - the city has just switched to much more strict waste diversion rules, partly to make it harder for the people whe still don't separate. I'm not completely a fan of the new rules (only one opaque garbage bag and up to 5 clear garbage bags allowed per household every two weeks, plus green bin pick up alternate weeks and ulimited recycling pick up) but we should be okay with one bag most of the time, unless we are doing heavy house cleaning or miss a garbage day. All the different streams end up taking up a bit of space though.

And on topic -we don't have a garage disposal but my Inlaws do. They really aren't that common around here. I wouldn't be shocked to see one in a house but I wouldn't expect one either.

M.

I guess we'll see. I live in a condo and we have private garbage removal from a common bin; no City garbage or recycling bins provided. That is the case in most multi-family developments in this city. In the meantime, please excuse me...I've got some watermelon rind and egg shells that need to be pulverized and flushed away...

 

[tigercat]

We have recycling and compost pickup every week and garbage pick up every other week. We do a lot of recycling and composting and end up with only one garbage pail every other week. There are 5 adults living in the house and I babysit my 3 youngest grandkids so very little garbage goes out.

I don't have a garbage disposal and I don't know of anyone around here that does. I am in Ontario.

tigercat

 

[Tozzie]

I live in the USA and the only garbage disposals I have are these

 

[CdnCarrie]

No such thing as compost pickup here. I'm in Manitoba.

 

[tennisfan]

None here either just the compost bin that every house gets , with recycle bins. Really cuts down on the garbage that goes to the curb each week.

I have cousins in the U.S and that was the first time I saw one , they pay for a company to pick up there garbage too which we don't . Well it is in our taxes I guess but everyone has the same garbage day on the street makes it easier not to for get...lol

Same in the UK, we pay our council tax and that includes garbage collection every week and also we have compost bins for food, garden waste along with plastic and paper/card recycling

 

[NHdisneylover]

In our area of Germany we have the following picked up for free (as in, no additional charge beyond the required charge we all have to pay for trash service no matter what we use or do not use):

glass boxes once per month ( wish it were more often, we fill 2-3 each time)

compost bin for food and garden scraps (no meat or dairy) every other week (it is identical to our upright garbage bi, but in a different color---would be hard for critters to get into, and it'S easy to put a strap around the lid area if you have very determined local critters.

mixed recyclables bin every other week (our largest bins. they can have paper/paperboard/cardboard and various plastics and metals)



Additionally, trash is every other week and we are billed at the end of the year 3.50€ for each tie we set it out--most people only put it out about once a month. If you have more than will fit in the bin, I am told you can go to the courthouse and buy special bags to set out beside it. I have only seen people do this when moving.

 

[ronandannette]

In our area of Germany we have the following picked up for free:

glass boxes once per month ( wish it were more often, we fill 2-3 each time)

compost bin for food and garden scraps (no meat or dairy) every other week (it is identical to our upright garbage bi, but in a different color---would be hard for critters to get into, and it'S easy to put a strap around the lid area if you have very determined local critters.

mixed recyclables bin every other week (our largest bins. they can have paper/paperboard/cardboard and various plastics and metals)



Additionally, trash is every other week and we are billed at the end of the year 3.50€ for each tie we set it out--most people only put it out about once a month. If you have more than will fit in the bin, I am told you can go to the courthouse and buy special bags to set out beside it. I have only seen people do this when moving.

When you say "for free" does that imply that residents of your municipality don't pay any property or local taxes? Regarding garbage, here it is a separate line on our utility bills (with water and sewer paid directly to the City), but for other municiple services not billed directly (local law enforcement, parks, library access, etc.), those things are funded through taxes. Nothing is really "free".

 

[pooh4evr]

Our trash and recycling goes out every Friday. All recycling goes in the same bun (glass, paper, boxes, plastic..) No compost collecting here.

 

[NHdisneylover]

When you say "for free" does that imply that residents of your municipality don't pay any property or local taxes? Regarding garbage, here it is a separate line on our utility bills (with water and sewer paid directly to the City), but for other municiple services not billed directly (local law enforcement, parks, library access, etc.), those things are funded through taxes. Nothing is really "free".

Sorry, I was rushing and did not post clearly--no, we pay monthly for trash services, everyone has to pay for it no matter how much or little they use--that includes all of the pick ups listed and the ability to have garbage collected at that 3.50 rate as well.

Property tax is low here though (5% of the purchase price of a building when you buy but after that in the low hundreds per year in most areas). But income tax also covers many things and is very high, we pay 42% as a married couple with kids, which is the lowest bracket so far as I know.

Multi family houses and apartments (we have tons) pay a rate per building and that goes up if too much trash is thrown out (as opposed to recycling, etc) and is then passed on to residents (generally those costs are divided up by the number of square meters each unit has, so a bigger unit pays more of those costs than a smaller one, regardless of ow many people live there or how much trash is generated).

 

[ronandannette]

Sorry, I was rushing and did not post clearly--no, we pay monthly for trash services, everyone has to pay for it no matter how much or little they use--that includes all of the pick ups listed and the ability to have garbage collected at that 3.50 rate as well.

Property tax is low here though (5% of the purchase price of a building when you buy but after that in the low hundreds per year in most areas). But income tax also covers many things and is very high, we pay 42% as a married couple with kids, which is the lowest bracket so far as I know.

Multi family houses and apartments (we have tons) pay a rate per building and that goes up if too much trash is thrown out (as opposed to recycling, etc) and is then passed on to residents (generally those costs are divided up by the number of square meters each unit has, so a bigger unit pays more of those costs than a smaller one, regardless of ow many people live there or how much trash is generated).

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[chartle]

A few points:

Growing up in the 70's I recall that in my area , SW Pennsylvania, if you had a disposer you were supposed to pay an extra yearly fee. Not sure how it was enforced but maybe it only applied to apartment buildings. So some areas may ban them.

If you have a septic system, they make ones that inject some sort of enzyme, bacteria or other such substance that helps break down the solids.

Not sure how having a disposer is ecologically bad. I guess its not as good as Composting but its better than just tossing it. The sewage treatment plants break down the food just like a composter does and its a little easier to implement versus central composting.

As for recycling we have maybe twice as much that goes into recycling versus normal garbage. As a family of 4 adults we have maybe 1 and a half white kitchen bags a week.