Well maybe not exactly the peanut butter you get in a jar, but a somewhat thick, peanut paste that can easily clog up your drain. If you can't cut it with a knife, it's safe to say putting it down the disposal is not a good idea. Pits and seeds are often round and small, making them even harder to grind up. Not to mention the terrible racket they make bouncing around your disposal. Save your disposal the trouble and throw them in the trash. While chopped onions can easily go down the disposal, it's the outermost layer you need to watch out for.
The membrane that lies just beneath the dry skin can pass through the disposal, missing the blades grinder altogether or wrapping around it. It can even get wedged in the drain and act as a net, trapping other items in place with it.
There's a commonly held misconception that egg shells can help to sharpen the "blades" of your garbage disposal. But the truth is, garbage disposal don't have blades.
Rather, they have impellers that are more blunt than sharp. These impellers grind food waste down, rather than chopping it up like a blender. And anyways, when was the last time you used egg shells to sharpen your knives? Not only do egg shells not serve a purpose in sharpening the grinding mechanisms, but they also have membranes that can easily get wrapped around the grinder. This will cost you money that you can easily save by disposing of your used grounds the right way.
Nevertheless, if all of your used coffee waste goes down the drain every day, sooner or later, it will cause an issue. Then you will either have to pay for a plumber or learn how to unclog your sink or garbage disposal on your own. Using a chemical drain cleaner, such as Drano will work too.
I have a sealed plastic container that usually sits right next to the sink. I throw the organic kitchen waste including the used coffee grounds into it. If I brew coffee with Chemex filters , Hario V60, or an Aeropress, I toss the wet coffee filters along with the spent grounds into the compost bin, as the filters are compostable too.
You can visit this FDA page to find out more. It might seem too much of a hassle for you to dispose of used coffee grounds the right way, especially if you use a full-immersion brewing method with a device like the French press. We have a much more comprehensive list on this site about the various uses for used coffee grounds which you can see here. But if you have a garden why not start your own compost pile?
Plus you can put coffee filters straight into the compost to keep things nice and easy. You can even put coffee grounds straight onto plant beds where it has lots of minerals that your plants love to keep your garden green and lushes. Nothing worse than having a neighbour cat that comes into your garden just to relieve itself.
Well did you know you can use coffee grounds to repel cats? Plus the double benefit that your grass will love it. Finally, you can mix coffee grounds with some coconut oil to make a nice face scrub. Plastic microbeads are doing terrible things to the ocean and the fish that live there so avoiding scrubs with plastic beads in them is a must. But if not operated or maintained properly, a garbage disposal can easily break down, block and clog the drains and cause a long list of expensive plumbing and drain nightmares.
Clogged drains are a major inconvenience and garbage disposal repair can be a costly proposition. Fortunately, most garbage disposal troubles are completely unnecessary, and garbage disposal care and maintenance is extremely easy. Treat your garbage disposal well, and it will treat you well, in return.
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