Guides
Everything you want to know, before you choose.
Clear answers to the questions we are asked most often about food waste disposers.
Guide
How to choose the right food waste disposer
What you will put in it, grinding stages, motor power, noise, EC or SR series, space under the sink and warranty: how to choose the right InSinkErator disposer.
Guide
Jammed disposer: what to do and how to free it
Disposer humming but not turning, or not starting at all? How to free it safely with the supplied wrench, when to reset and when to call.
Guide
Food waste disposer cleaning and care
A few habits keep your disposer clean and odour-free: cold water, ice, citrus, washing the splash guard and what never to use.
Guide
Installing a disposer in an apartment building
Do you need the building's permission? Can the drain stack cope? What we check first, the electrical side and notifying the water operator.
In depth
What can go in your disposer?
85 foods, one by one: type what you want to throw away and find out whether it can go in the disposer, and with which models.
In depth
How a disposer works
From the sink to the drain: what happens in the grinding chamber and the right everyday habits.
In depth
What the law says
Disposers are provided for by Italian law: art. 107 of Legislative Decree 152/2006 explained in plain words, and what we take care of.
In depth
Disposers and the environment
How much water and electricity a disposer uses, what the studies say, and their limits too.
In depth
Frequently asked questions
Is it noisy? Does it smell? Can it be installed in my home? Answers from the people who install them.
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