10 Things You Should Never Put in Your Minnesota Garbage Disposal

Plumbing emergencies always require more than one trip to the hardware store. To help you avoid a horrible situation of bad smells, potentially touching rotting food, and having to pull out chopped up nastiness in your sink, repeat after me...

"I will not put these items down my garbage disposal."

"I will NOT put these items down my garbage disposal"

Say those words over and over as you look through the list of items below that you should NEVER put down your garbage disposal. Trust me, this list could save you three trips to Menards.

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10 Items That Should Never Go In Your Garbage Disposal

There are a few life lessons that I wish I didn't have to learn the hard way. Example: a few days before Thanksgiving one year, we moved into a "new to us" house in Minnesota. We only had furniture for half the house, didn't even have a dining room table, but we thought it would be a great idea to host Thanksgiving for the family one week after we closed. #TrueStory

We figured out the seating issue but something that was new to us in this house was a garbage disposal. About 50% of homes have this handy device located under the kitchen sink. And on the busiest cooking day of the year, I was throwing everything down that thing and hitting the button like a boss. That is, until it stopped working.

Learn from my mistakes. Do NOT put any of the items below down your drain thinking that the garbage disposal is making everything disappear.

10 Items You Should Never Put Down Your Garbage Disposal

Your garbage disposal is an amazing tool but it can be pretty picky. Below are several items that you should keep away from the big grinder that sits under your sink.

Source: Family Handyman

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Not So Fun Fact About Garbage Disposals

About 1,000 people go to the emergency room every year due to an injury from a garbage disposal. The blades inside this popular kitchen device are sharp! Always, ALWAYS ensure the garbage disposal is off or turn the breaker off if you need to reach in to either fix or pull something out of the garbage disposal.