Waste disposal is a weirdly American thing. That’s why when you go on holiday and chuck your food down the drain like a special-needs kid discovering toilet roll for the first time, you have to phone people like me to fix it for you
Where I live in the UK, food is placed in a compostable bag which are taken away weekly. They turn it into energy. Way better than blending it and putting down the drain.
Fun fact, burning biomass is not very good as far as emissions go. In the US waste water treatment byproducts are typically methane and fertilizer, both bottled and sold. a much better place for all that carbon, imo.
Is that common in newer homes? Is it a regional thing? I’ve only ever seen garbage disposals installed in the regular sink drain, I’ve never seen one that had it’s own dedicated little sink like that!
What is the purpose of the little tiny sink on the left?
To be a sink.
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Don’t sink shame bro
I’m not shaming! Maybe it’s something important? Maybe I need a tiny little extra sink next to my sink? What have I been missing out on???
You definitely need a tiny little extra sink next to your sink.
I don’t know how I lived without one to be honest.
The small one is to use as a sink when the big one is full of week old dirty dishes.
Ah, so it’s exactly like the 2 sided sink I already have, but one side is smaller lol
Rinsing sink, for kitchens with limited counter space. My kitchen is small and has one of these. It’s just wide enough for one of these.
Have you got a link that isn’t Amashite?
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Ah, I see. Mine is like this, no fuckin idea what it’s for!
I’ve seen that once or twice! Some debate:
Ha ha yeah it just ends up holding the sponge. Total waste of space, they could’ve made the sink that much bigger!
garburator
They’re not common in the UK.
The little sink is just that really. I use it for pouring liquids down the drain when washing dishes and the main sink is full of water.
Note the bottle of Fairy, the UK equivalent of Dawn. It’s not a waste disposal, it’s a fucking useless sponge holder, in my experience
what does the Fairy bottle have to do with it supposedly not being a garburator
Waste disposal is a weirdly American thing. That’s why when you go on holiday and chuck your food down the drain like a special-needs kid discovering toilet roll for the first time, you have to phone people like me to fix it for you
Where I live in the UK, food is placed in a compostable bag which are taken away weekly. They turn it into energy. Way better than blending it and putting down the drain.
Fun fact, burning biomass is not very good as far as emissions go. In the US waste water treatment byproducts are typically methane and fertilizer, both bottled and sold. a much better place for all that carbon, imo.
It’s not burned. It goes to an Anaerobic Digester which produces electricity, gas and fertiliser.
Oh, so the same exact thing, except in your case it goes on a car instead of through the pipes.
San Diego collects compost bins from homes weekly and powers all the city buses from it
Is that common in newer homes? Is it a regional thing? I’ve only ever seen garbage disposals installed in the regular sink drain, I’ve never seen one that had it’s own dedicated little sink like that!
American here: never seen it another way. Always two sinks in one, and the one of them has a garbage disposal on it.