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2. Garbage disposal unit - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, 50% of homes had disposal units as of 2009, [12] compared with only 6% in the United Kingdom [13] and 3% in Canada. [14]In Britain, Worcestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council started to subsidize the purchase of garbage disposal units in 2005, in order to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and the carbon footprint of garbage runs. [15]

3. Clear Out and Grind Up Food Waste With These Tested ... - AOL

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   Horsepower. Garbage disposals typically have 1/4-, 1/2-, 3/4-, or 1-horsepower motors. More horsepower generally indicates more robust grinding.

4. InSinkErator - Wikipedia

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   His company was called the In-Sink-Erator Manufacturing Company. [3] The name is a play on the word "incinerator" and refers to the fact that the mouth of the disposal unit is located "in" the "sink". The company was purchased by Emerson Electric in 1968. In 2006, In-Sink-Erator removed the hyphens from its name, becoming InSinkErator.

5. Grease trap - Wikipedia

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   A traditional grease trap is not a food disposal unit. Unfinished food must be scraped into the garbage or food recycling bin. Gravy, sauces and food solids must be scraped off dishes before entering the sink or dishwasher. To maintain some degree of efficiency, there has been a trend to specify larger traps.

6. Automated vacuum collection - Wikipedia

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   An automated vacuum waste collection system, also known as pneumatic refuse collection, or automated vacuum collection (AVAC), transports waste at high speeds through underground pneumatic tubes to a collection station where the waste is compacted and sealed in containers. Full containers are transported away to be emptied.

7. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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   WDA Waste Disposal Authority; WDF WasteDataFlow (web-based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities) WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment; WET Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003; WFD Waste Framework Directive; WID Waste Incineration Directive; WIP Waste Implementation Programme; WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant