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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by distances on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:27AM (#28016893)
Out of interest, what do you mean by automated garbage disposal? The urban infrastructure of someone taking away your garbage, or the mostly-US device installed in your sinks?

The latter does not exist in Europe so I haven't ever thought it would be an important step in reducing chores. We have bio waste bins for food leftovers which seems pretty efficient already.

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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by schrectacular on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:09AM (#28017061)
It's a grinder machine that people install just below their drain. Ostensibly so that you don't have to put a strainer in there.

In my opinion they provide basically zero value but lots of trouble. They encourage putting all kinds of nastiness down your pipes and in my experience tend to break and leak. But they are virtually ubiquitous here.

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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by jmrm on Saturday July 31, 2021 @01:58PM (#28020267)
Lots of local and regional governments in Europe encourage people to not use the toilet or the sink as a trash can. The wastewater is usually treated before arriving to rivers and other places, so the cleanest is the water, the easiest is to treat it.
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Re:1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee by distances on Sunday August 01, 2021 @05:46AM (#28025099)
Absolutely, only toilet paper can be thrown to toilets. Everything else must go to garbage bins, especially all kinds of wet wipes. Same is surely true for US too.
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