Food Waste Disposers

Every week the average Australian family disposes of around 16 kilos of food waste. This can be as much as 20% of all household waste. When you think about the costs of transporting this food to landfill sites, it immediately becomes clear how environmentally damaging it is to toss food scraps in the bin. But is a food waste disposer the answer?

Food waste disposal units can be fitted to your kitchen sink to grind organic waste materials into tiny particles, which can then be safely washed down the sink. Food scraps that have been through a waste disposer can be recycled and used as an alternative energy source or as fertiliser after composting, which is much more beneficial to our planet than producing methane and other greenhouse gas emissions as it decomposes in landfill.

To operate a waste disposer once it's been installed, simply turn on your cold tap and feed food waste, such as vegetable peelings, into a flange that replaces your normal plughole. At the touch of a button, food waste is ground down and flushed away in a matter of seconds.

Safety isn't an issue as many food disposers don't use blades. Instead, they use a stainless steel high-torque, grinding ring that operates effectively and safely to dispose of just about any kind of food waste, including meat bones.

Using a food waste disposal in a sink will help to keep your regular landfill bin smelling fresher for longer because you're not filling it up with decomposing natural waste. In addition to that, it can help keep your dishwasher a little cleaner and in great working order if you are dispensing with pieces of food left on dishes straight into the grinding motor before they hit the dishwasher.

Unobtrusive and compact, this modern kitchen appliance is easy to install and can be fitted to most sinks. InSinkErator invented the first food waste disposer in 1927, and since then they have become a market leader in household waste management. Plus, the latest model units are quieter and more powerful than ever before. Invest in a waste disposer and do your bit to create a more environmentally sustainable future.