Septic System Garbage Disposal Question

[ChaseGizmo]

I read and understand the prior post about being carefull using a garbage disposer but my questions is about using the insinkerator disposal unit that says it is specifically for septic systems.

Can any disposer be used or should it be the one for the septic systems.

Thanks

[Wgoodrich]

Disposals of any kind designed for the kitchen is allowed for both city and local/personal sewage disposal systems. Brand name and specific for septics is more of a sales pitch.

However you should keep in mind certain items should not enter the septic tank from a disposal. Items such as celery that is stringy in nature are not good foods to digest by the human body let alone digest by a septic tank.

Meats, pulpy vegies fine for disposal but find other disposal outlets for apple skins, celery, and other stringy type vegies. Those type food items hard to digest for humans are also hard to digest for septics. Cigerette butts are also a no/ no.

Use common sense and any disposal unit would do fine, all they do is grind the waste to smaller pieces so they will flow with water.

Good Luck

Wg

[AllanJ]

The aforementioned fibrous materials simply have a higher percentage of content that remains solid after "complete" digestion by the septic tank bacteria and therefore lead to more frequent septic tank pumpings.

So it is a matter of either "dispose of it manually and pay for it now" by putting it in the garbage versus "dispose of it manually and pay for it later" by having the septic service man come. Whether the latter is more convenient is subjective.

Tremendous amounts of meat, fat, and grease will cause the "scum layer" in the septic tank to get thick and the grease there may not decompose fast enough to avoid getting into the leach field (finger system) causing more rapid failure of the latter.