Posted on 03/09/2008 8:11:49 AM PDT by Libloather
City bans garbage disposal units
Residents of Raleigh, N.C., face stiff penalties if they install garbage disposal units in their kitchen sinks or repair existing ones if they break.
The City Council approved the ban on Wednesday, the Raleigh Chronicle reports. The ordinance includes a fine of up to $25,000 a day.
Officials said that anyone caught with an illegal disposal unit could also face a lifetime ban on getting city water. The ban covers several municipalities around Raleigh.
The garbage disposal units, which grind up leftover food and flush it into the sewer system, lead to pipes clogged with grease. That can lead to sewage overflowing into streams or ponds.
Raleigh residents are urged to collect grease in an old can or jar, allow it to harden and put it in the trash.
Do these folks know how hard it is to get lemon peels to go down the drain WITHOUT one?
What you would do, after you can get a hold of some boxes, is to identify the leading liberals/greens/commies in town and during the night before trash is picked up, put the empty box in their trash making sure it can been seen but looks like it was attempted to be hidden.
If the city is banning garbage disposals they should have a bounty on those installing or repairing them. Make a liberals life miserable and earn some Beer & BBQ money.
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!
Psssst! Hey buddy. Wanna buy a disposer?
They also raised the "runoff" tax ... I guess we have too much rainwater running off our roofs during this drought.
I guess they’re going to do sink inspections in Raleigh. The would have to stamp a serial # on the units, then look for new ones showing up in subsequent inspections.
They could measure the amount of water in each toilet flush while they’re at it.
Wouldn't that depend on what you put into the disposal unit?
You would think that the City of Charlotte would drill a few wells too. Nope. They have always relied on the Catawba River and by gum if it was good enough for pappy it’s good enough for me.
Is it any wonder the Feds won’t build an immigration court or detention facility here?
People with septic systems know better than to use a garbage disposal. You can’t pour gasoline or toxic chemicals down a public waste water system, this is more or less the same thing.
Public goods and services encourage irresponsibility.
I don’t throw grease down the drain anyway because I don’t want to pay a plumber to unstop it. Geez, education may go a long way here, rather than banning garbage deposals.
Do they actually mean that people don't have the sense to do this without being instructed to do so.
Unbelievable!
It's a really interesting place. It's had quite a comeback in the last few years. Being so close to a tunnel and directly across from NYC make it an ideal place for up and coming NYC executives and their families to live. My sister lived there (she just moved to Weehawken (sp?), just down the road), and she's a realtor in Hoboken. There's been no housing slowdown there, except for mortgages. There's still a ton of new housing and retail building going on there.
Mark
OMG!..LMAO!
You scofflaw...surely there will be a hotline to turn in your neighbors and relatives...
No...you will be found and brought to justice!!!!!
*snicker*
Bizarre answer. You don’t need the work?
Which is exactly what they have done with electric. They preach that you must cut back on usage, then they raise the rates because they not taking in enough money.
Confirms to me that even FReepers in Massachusetts are nuts.
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