Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sink garbage disposals are a kitchen convenience that many homeowners take for granted—until it seems like they're struggling with ...

Sending certain items down your garbage disposal drain can be a recipe for disaster. Keep things running smoothly by avoiding ...

Disposing waste properly is a part of safe kitchen practice. You need to keep a proper space and container to dispose waste. Alongside, you need to clean the containers regularly to keep up hygiene.

Think before throwing it down the sink.

"Keep in mind that when food is added to the wastewater system, it must be further treated," says Maggie Sauerhage, a spokeswoman for the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. She suggests learning ...

Convenient? Absolutely. Legal? So far, yes. But kitchen sink disposals rank low on the list of ways Vermonters should steer their food scraps out of landfills to comply with a state law that takes ...

"Keep in mind that when food is added to the wastewater system, it must be further treated," says Maggie Sauerhage, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She suggests learning ...

This photo provided by InSinkErator shows a variety of InSinkErator's food disposal systems. Wastewater and environment experts agree that the environmental value of kitchen disposal systems depends ...