Avoid tossing coffee grounds or eggshells down the disposal.

The modern garbage disposal provides a quick and sanitary way to dispose of food waste, keeping trash bags lighter and ...

Never treat your garbage disposal like a trash can—avoid putting in paper, plastic, hair, or debris. Skip fats, oils, and grease, which harden in pipes and create sticky clogs that worsen over time.

Under-sink view of a kitchen garbage disposal inside a cabinet - wertinio/Shutterstock Walk into any kitchen and there's one thing you expect: the smell of food, not the stench of something rotting in ...

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