and this stops them from flushing it down the toilet how???
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.
Oh…I forgot.
And as far as grease is concerned, I don’t do any deep-frying. But should there be a little grease left after cooking, I add water and soap to the pan and heat it up. I let it stand a while to cool then carefully pour it down the sink.
I have never had a problem.
What do you do with skillet grease? Or skimmed soup grease?
in my hometown, you cannot place a jar or can in the garbage.....it must be washed and put in the recycle bin.......
as for grease in the garbage disposal, that is just stupid, it would clog your own sink. all garbage disposals advise against that.
This reminds me of the super stealthy, utility repairing, black ops character Robert Deniro played in the movie Brazil. Will residents now find disposal repairmen in Soldier of Fortune Magazine?
Good morning, we are here from Central Services to check your kitchen sink. Sign here.
Liberalism is where the government is supposed to wipe every tear and dictates how you should wipe your behind.
“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? “
Your reply has the solid footing of a highrise built on sand. Does the preponderance of liberal idiots in SC negate the possibility of reason in the few?
Do you deny that California leads the nation is goofy liberal legislation? (Most recent: home schooling ban).
Liberals in California, NY, and NJ, are doing to their new homes what Mexicans are doing to California, AZ and Texas. Move to their new location as an escape from the problems of their home, then, immediately set out to make their new home just like the old home.
You’re pretty touchy about this. Sort of like a liberal.
I have to use the styrofoam from the meat to collect the grease......silly, with all the recycle crapola laws there was nothing else I can use.
The next step will be sink inspections. No knock.
and this stops them from flushing it down the toilet how???
Yes it is "dictating" how a person lives, lives in regard only to the usage of the public conveyance or resource.
Do you personally feel like your rights are stolen because it is demanded, dictated, tyrannically ordered that you drive on the right hand side of the road?
We wash all of our pots and pans and dishes in the dishwasher with a very powerful grease-dissolving detergent. Grease on soup? It sounds revolting.
I think you need to start asking your butcher for the LEAN cuts of meat.
LOL..........no sane conservative would MOVE to NY state........though there are plenty of conservatives upstate like me, born here....jobs holding us here....I am just grateful I don’t live in Ithaca. ;^)
What, pray tell, is one supposed to do if by chance any of those jars break? I'm not being sarcastic or anything, just curious.
“Senator Obama, when you’re president, will you tell me what to do with the coffee grounds in the bottom of my cup?”
Mrs. RQSR said in response to your question to Obama: “He will NOT ALLOW YOU to have coffee grounds in the bottom of your cup”.
It might pay to at least start(most faintly of course)thinking about going en masse to the city hall, going in, catching the pols, stripping them naked, then whipping them out onto the street. However, such action would require spiritual strength; a unified people that move as one.
And yes, when you are making a stock or a soup you will have grease -- fat -- float to the top. There are stock strainers sold in every kitchen supply store.
You don't want the grease in the stock.
the thought has crossed my mind about that......broken jars are tossed into the garbage, but I could manage to break all of them quite easily. Luckily, I don’t buy much food in jars. I use frozen veggies, no laws about the disposal of plastic bags - YET. Just cardboard, glass, cans, magazines, news papers........I have to admit, I hate it and it’s tiring.......there ARE days when I just toss it all in the garbage and hope the garbage man doesn’t want the hassle of turning me in.
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