Over the past ten years I’ve attended numerous trade shows and conferences, where I network with various environmental professionals, consultants & engineers, academics, and regulators. In talking about the environmental benefits of food waste disposers with my colleagues, and even friends and family, I sometimes hear, “Well, I’m on a septic system, and sometimes they’ll say, “I can’t have a disposer,” or “Disposers are not allowed on septic systems.” My follow-up question usually includes trying to find ou
Health departments, septic installers, plumbers, and some local governments, will often provide guidance on limiting or discouraging the use of disposers, but in my research, most jurisdictions do not actually prohibit the installation and use of food waste disposers. In the U.S., most state regulations are completely silent about food waste disposers. Twelve states do include some language requiring additional sizing of tanks or drain fields, but they are the exception. In fact, over 6 million U.S. homes o
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