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.
Order one off he internet or drive to another town.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
You are no fan of local government? You think ALL should be the same? Where exactly does that kind of brilliant analysis lead?
“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?
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.
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.
Well said.
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.
No.
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!
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/
bttt
Don't tell me that there really are places that require composting permits?...LMAO.
I monitor the wildlife myself every hunting season.
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