# Glass In Garbage Disposal.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-in-garbage-disposal/848066>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-in-garbage-disposal/848066 "2020-02-17T06:31:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-in-garbage-disposal/848066/21 "2020-02-18T13:52:30Z")

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> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> Sorry. I meant the disposal stopped making that horrible sound. It’s still roaring and rrr-ing as far as I know (though I haven’t had the nerve to run it since that day).
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> BTW my friend talked to the plumber. He is in Florida for some reason. And like someone else suggested, he said try ice.
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> Why try a potato? I don’t know. Why does a potato make anymore or any less sense than ice:)? A potato is nice and fibrous after all. Just saying.

A potato would just make a mess. Something that will shatter and splinter will get into all the small spaces (and fly up and hit the top as well) and clean the disposal. About all it’s really going to due for glass is mask the sound of the glass getting broken up.

If you ever want to try it. Jam as much ice as you can into the disposal, run some cold water and turn it on. It’ll make a horrendous sound and the amount of disgusting muck that’ll it’ll break up could turn your stomach. In my case, when I do that, some of that gunk will come up into the other sink for a few seconds. It’s gross and smells just as bad.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-in-garbage-disposal/848066/22 "2020-02-18T15:12:04Z")

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For me, a potato is a bad choice because most of the times that I’ve had garbage disposal problems (i.e., binding up and/or clogging the sink) potatoes have been involved. Usually large quantities of potato peelings, but also when discarding mashed potatoes.

And ice cubes eventually melt, if the disposal gets indigestion from them.

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**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-in-garbage-disposal/848066/23 "2020-02-19T21:37:10Z")

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> [@WildaBeast](#):
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> I feel like this line of discussion is heading towards something like those “[Will it Blend?](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFP0IU4gpnmcLnVzDLUtfw)” videos on YouTube.

Came to.post that link…my fave was the Iphone, the vuvazella was pretty boring.

At work we have several very large commercial insinkerator disposals…they take everything, except cocktail straws.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-in-garbage-disposal/848066/24 "2020-02-20T06:29:13Z")

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> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#):
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> Came to.post that link…my fave was the Iphone, the vuvazella was pretty boring.
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> At work we have several very large commercial insinkerator disposals…they take everything, **except cocktail straws**.

[emphasis mine.]

You drink cocktails at work;)?

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