City bans garbage disposal units (includes fine of up to $25,000 a day - Raleigh, NC)

Politicom ^ | 3/08/08

[Cobra64]

Order one off he internet or drive to another town.

[FreePaul]

What do “garbage” disposal units have to do with grease clogging up drains? Grease clogged plumbing was around long before garbage disposals. I know they are abused by people too dumb to know what they should put in them but that’s mostly the user’s problem. Sounds as if the city is trying appear to solve their problem even if they don’t know how. I don’t understand why the city didn’t just put a huge tax on the use of the units. That would be more in line with a government solution for any problem.

[Beagle8U]

I have a septic system and when I had my house built the electrician insisted on wiring under the sink for a garbage disposal and putting a switch in for one.

I didn't have any intention of having a garbage disposal but he said if I ever sell the house some city idiot will want one.

I dump the garbage ( Tater peals etc, not trash) in my fence row along with used grease. So far it hasn't plugged up my woods.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

There is no "natural right" to use a garbage disposal that empties into a city sewer.

Hooray for the city of Raleigh -- the have both right and duty to maintain the city water and sewer and set whatever regulation they view as proper to do so!

Are they in a special place in this universe. I haven't the many tens of thousands of other cities and towns reportiing in with this problem.

[hiredhand]

Living in high density population areas violates "Rule #17".

#17 - Reduce the odds of being observed as much as possible when hiding the bodies of tyrants.

[brownsfan]

“All I know is every morning when I get up I thank God my ancestors had the good sense to get out of Ohio over a hundred years ago.”

And move to the Mexican annex of the Peoples Republik of Kalifornia?

It appears you have trouble identifying good sense, among other issues.

[plinker's2sense]

I don’t see the logic here. Will they ban sinks next? You don’t need a garbage disposal to throw grease down the drain.

[bvw]

You are no fan of local government? You think ALL should be the same? Where exactly does that kind of brilliant analysis lead?

[mrs. a]

“No...you will be found and brought to justice!!!!!”

I merely perform a valuable service. I will repair your disposer, and then someday, I may need a favor from you...capisce?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I understand, but if you rely on the government for anything, be it education, water, sewerage, protection, inevitably they are gonna make rules that drive you bonkers. Massachusetts has an interesting example or sewer envy. Cities and towns near Boston (in the MWRA - Mass. Water Resources Authority. Or "We Ride Around.") have huge sewer bills to pay for water treatment, like $2,000 year. When these fees went into effect in the middle 80's real estate inside 128 plummetted. Since the center of mass of state population is inside 128, they took revenge on the rest of the state by enacting Title V, obstensibly environmental regulations, that slap such strong restrictions on private sewerage systems that they wind up costing nearly as much as the MWRA.

In addition, the state restricts the amount of water that you can pump in outlying towns. The chairman of my old town's water authority was a neighbor of mine. When I complained about the watering restrictions, pointing out that's there's lots of water in the aquifer, he told me the State restricts the amount we can pump. They also impose restrictions on private wells at country clubs and other large users. It's pure envy. I'm on a private well/septic, so I can use as much water as I want, whenever I want. I hope to never be on town water again.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Okay, folks, listen up.

This is what I do since I don’t have a garbage disposal here in the R of Panama although they do exist and would buy one if I really wanted one.

Other than bones, I flush all scraps down the toilet to include leftover pet food.

Voilà!!!

The city of Raleigh will never be the wiser.

[BenLurkin]

Well said.

[Gabz]

Hey cut us some slack here :)

I’m 47 and up until 5 years ago always had municipal utilities.....but even I knew not to pour grease down the drain, so it didn’t mean any changes for my household when we moved to the country and now have our own well and septic.

[ElkGroveDan]

You never poured skillet drippings into a tin can?

No.

[Normal4me]

Just you wait until the EPA and DNR find out that you are returning nutrients and biological material back into the soil! I hope you have a composting permit and have installed sensors or something to monitor the insect and wildlife population that you are helping!

[SoCal Pubbie]

How much good sense can a guy have when he bags on the bad ideas coming from a state when the very forum he uses to express his ideas is located in that very part of the country?

Now, let me ask you. Are other states so devoid of creative people that nothing that happens anywhere that is not the creation of those from California or New York? Really, I mean this ordnance is the work of the good people of North Carolina. Why not just give then the credit?

[pennboricua]

sorry but this will shortly be put a stop to, this type of grease is just as harmful as smoking tobacco, anyone using it in cooking will likewise be penalized. /s/

[petercooper]

bttt

[Girlene]

Other than bones, I flush all scraps down the toilet to include leftover pet food.

Voilà!!!

The city of Raleigh will never be the wiser.

LOL. Best answer on this thread! Smart choice on not flushing the bones - they can clog things up.

I can't figure out how the city will police their ban.

[Beagle8U]

“Just you wait until the EPA and DNR find out that you are returning nutrients and biological material back into the soil! I hope you have a composting permit and have installed sensors or something to monitor the insect and wildlife population that you are helping!”

Don't tell me that there really are places that require composting permits?...LMAO.

I monitor the wildlife myself every hunting season.