Survey: Most homeowners unaware garbage disposals reduce landfill waste
The Emerson survey shows 8 out of 10 homeowners use their trash can to discard food waste
As food waste continues to be a vast global problem, a new survey shows that more than half of U.S. homeowners aren’t aware of the waste-diverting power of a common household appliance that keeps food scraps out of landfills. Half of all U.S. households already have a simple solution to food waste via their garbage disposals.
One out of four people surveyed said they only use their garbage disposals for plate scraping after meals, ignoring the disposal for tasks such as cleaning out the fridge, which 73% of homeowners do monthly or more. In fact, less than 10 percent of respondents knew that advanced garbage disposals, such as those by InSinkErator, can process chicken, turkey, beef, pork or lamb bones, all of which are present in landfills.