Quick guide
What can go in your disposer?
A food waste disposer, also known as a garbage disposal, does not grind everything the same way. Type a food: we'll tell you whether it can go in the sink, and with which models.
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All foods
Pick your model and the list answers for that model. With no model chosen, the answer covers the whole range.
Category
85 foods on the list.
- Anything that isn't foodNo
- Apple and pear coresYes
- Apple and pear peelsYes
- Artichoke leaves and stemsYes
- Avocado pitsYes
- Banana peelsYes
- Bell pepper scrapsYes
- BerriesYes
- BiscuitsYes
- Boneless cooked meatYes
- Bread and stale breadYes
- Broccoli and cauliflowerYes
- Broccoli and cauliflower stalksYes
- Cakes and dessertsYes
- Carrot peelsYes
- CeleryYes
- Cereal with milkYes
- CheeseYes
- Cheese rindsYes
- Chemicals and solventsNo
- Chestnut shellsNo
- Chicken bonesYes
- Chicken skinNo
- Citrus peelsYes
- Citrus segments and leftoversYes
- Coffee capsules and podsNo
- Coffee groundsYes
- Cooked beans and pulsesYes
- Cooked beef bonesYes
- Cooked fruit and fruit saladYes
- Cooked vegetables and minestroneYes
- Corn cobsYes
- Corn husksNo
- Crab and lobster shellsNo
- CrackersYes
- Cucumber scrapsYes
- Cured meat fat, lard, rindNo
- EggshellsYes
- Fennel scrapsYes
- Fish with head, bones and skinYes
- Garlic skinsYes
- GnocchiYes
- Grape stemsNo
- GrapesYes
- Green bean ends and stringsYes
- Herbs and stemsYes
- Ice cubesYes
- Kiwi skinYes
- Large bonesNo
- Leek greensYes
- Leftover eggsYes
- Lettuce and cabbageYes
- Loose tea and herbal teaYes
- Mashed potatoesYes
- Melon rindYes
- Milk and yogurtYes
- Mixed plate leftoversYes
- MushroomsYes
- Mussel, clam and oyster shellsNo
- Oil, fats and frying oilNo
- Onion skinsYes
- PastaYes
- Pea and broad bean podsYes
- Peach pitsYes
- Pineapple peel and coreYes
- Pizza leftoversYes
- PolentaYes
- Pomegranate peelYes
- Potato peelsYes
- Prickly pear skinNo
- Pumpkin seeds and stringsYes
- Pumpkin skinYes
- Raw meat trimmingsYes
- Rice and risottoYes
- Salmon and fish filletsYes
- Sauces, broths and soupsYes
- Shelled nutsYes
- Shrimp shellsYes
- Small pits (cherry, olive, apricot, plum, date)Yes
- Tea bagsNo
- Tomatoes, courgettes, auberginesYes
- Walnut, hazelnut, almond, pistachio shellsNo
- Watermelon fleshYes
- Watermelon rindYes
- Woody asparagus endsYes
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