Many American homes utilize a garbage disposal, as they rely on the machine to grind up food scraps. This helps avoid clogged pipes and damaged plumbing. A garbage disposal works by using centrifugal ...

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 ...

Think twice before you shove those potato peels down your garbage disposal. Even with a good flush of water, you may cause a clog that will take a professional to clean out. Jeff Williams remembers ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The term “garbage disposal” is really a bit of a misnomer. If you’ve ever had one, you probably know that ...

Garbage disposals are designed to take a lot of abuse, but nowhere near what some people put them through. As magical as they seem, these powerful machines do have their limits—and if used improperly, ...

As festive meals with mashed or roast potatoes gear up, peeling yours over your sink can lead to untimely drain clogs. Try composting instead ...

Everyone loves a perfectly running garbage disposal, but the second you start to see water building up in your sink, the panic starts to set in. Clogs are annoying and unsightly (plus also smelly), ...

The holidays bring a special kind of chaos to the kitchen. There are mountains of vegetables to chop, pies to bake, and a ...

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 ...

Derek Walczak is a licensed general contractor located in Ipswich, MA. Together with his wife and business partner, Lisa, Derek owns and operates Walczak Design and Build, a design-build collaborative ...

Flick the switch and a kitchen garbage disposal will growl as it gulps down food scraps in your sink. A convenience in nearly half of U.S. households, the garbage disposal churns food scraps into tiny ...

ADAMS — Don't panic, but using a garbage disposal to eliminate kitchen food waste might not be such a great idea. In fact, after 52 years, a bylaw requiring that ...