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der Küchenabfallentsorger (-)  in-sink garbage disposal/disposer, garburator (Can.), (kitchen) waste disposal unit (UK)

Küchenabfallentsorger (zur Entsorgung der Küchenabfälle nach Zerkleinerung über den Abfluss) sind mit wenigen Ausnahmen per Gesetz in Deutschland und Österreich verboten.
In-sink garbage disposals (for disposing of ground-up kitchen scraps via the drain), with few exceptions, are banned by law in Germany and Austria.
(Note: For environmental reasons, kitchen garbage disposers are also forbidden in some Canadian cities. They were also banned in New York City until 1997. Following scientific studies, laws now permit in-sink garbage disposers in the Netherlands and Japan, where they are something new and unusual.)

Related: entsorgen to dispose of; break down (cars, structures), die Entsorgung waste disposal, die Küchenabfälle (pl.) kitchen scraps, kitchen waste

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