6 million homes on a septic tank have a food waste disposer
Many people are under the impression that food waste disposers utilise spinning blades to chop and break down food waste. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
InSinkErator food waste disposer units use no blades whatsoever. Instead, impellers mounted on a spinning plate use centrifugal power to force food waste particles against a grind ring. That ring breaks down the food waste into very fine particles – virtually liquefying them.
Running water from the tap then flushes the particles through the grind ring out of the disposer and into your wastewater pipe. From there it flows to the wastewater treatment plant or your septic system.
Advanced Technology
Engineered to handle even the toughest food waste with the least noise of any disposer, the Evolution Series is the most advanced line of food waste disposers available anywhere.
QuickLock® Technology
“twist-on. twist-off” sink mount makes installation fast and easy.
SoundSeal® Technology
Advanced Series garbage disposals feature two levels of SoundSeal® Technology for a quieter kitchen.
MultiGrind® Technology
3-stage design makes quick work of both hard and fibrous foods
DuraDrive® Induction Motors
Powerful, heavy-duty motors ensure high performance and long life.
Made in the USA
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We did a grind test to show how little load there is on a septic system
This video shows different food waste being ground, and how small the particles become once the food waste has gone through a food waste disposer.
The system handles it.
Food scraps break down faster than other household waste, and because they’re 75 to 90 percent water, they add very little to the solids in your tank. Studies show that septic systems connected to a food waste disposer don’t need pumping any more frequently than those that aren’t. The kitchen keeps moving. The system keeps up.
Less water than you'd think.
A review of ten independent studies found that food waste disposers use less than five litres of water per household per day — roughly the same as a single flush of the toilet. The idea that a disposer will overload your wastewater system simply doesn’t hold up to the research.
It may actually help.
Research from ten US states found that where food waste disposers are in regular use, the increase in suspended solids is only 20 grams per day. The high carbon content of food waste could even help remove nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus as water discharges into drainage fields — a potential benefit most people wouldn’t expect.
