STOP, DON’T PUT THAT DOWN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL!  If you’re not careful about what you put in there, you may end up clogging your drains causing potentially thousands of dollars worth of damage.

Garbage disposals are phenomenal tools that can help make your life easier by allowing you to wash food into your sink and grind it down so that you don’t have to throw everything away. Yes, they are powerful. Yes, they help save you time. But there are some big no-no’s when it comes to what you can and can’t put down there. By disposing of objects that aren’t meant to go through a garbage disposal, you run the risk of damaging your pipes and clogging them.

The convenience of throwing everything down the garbage disposal does not outweigh the damage it causes.

What Not to Put Down Your Garbage Disposal

1. Onion Skins
2. Pits
3. Meats
4. Abrasive Chemicals
5. Pumpkin
6. Bread
7. Corn Husks
8. Grease/Oil/Fat
9. Potato Peels
10. Pasta
11. Oatmeal
12. Coffee Grounds
13. Paint
14. Rice
15. Egg Shells
16. Nuts
17. Bones
18. Non-Food Items
19. Clam Shells
20. Silverware