Q. After dinner, I rinsed off the dishes in the sink like I always do, and flipped the switch for the garbage disposal to grind the food scraps. The garbage disposal was not working. How can I fix the ...

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Follow by pouring about a cup of coarse salt over the ice. Run cold tap water into the disposal. As the water is running, turn on the garbage disposal and run until the salt and ice are ground up and ...

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Dear EarthTalk: I was surprised to learn recently that some cities, including New York, have outlawed kitchen-sink garbage disposals. I would have thought these machines were Earth-friendly. What’s ...