Sweeping bits of food down the kitchen sink into the garbage disposal is the very epitome of modern convenience. But plumbers ...

Chain of events:<BR><BR>1. Rinsed off dishes in sink.<BR>2. Put dishes in dishwasher.<BR>3. Ran disposal.<BR>4. Ran dishwasher.<BR>5. Both sides of sink now full of nasty dirty icky disgusting brown ...

"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 ...

Some people love the convenience of their garbage disposals so much, they would rather risk the occasional inconvenience of a sink clog than deal with the odor of leftovers filling their kitchen trash ...