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The missus goes mad at me if i flush waste food down the loo. I don`t see the problem, if its too wet to go in the bin then surely the bog is the best place for it?
i suppose it cuts out the middleman...
I'd say it would depend on what sort of food waste. Left over soup, go for it, half a pizza not such a good idea.
and better than having a shit in the kitchen bin I guess?
Could cause blockages further down the line, fatbergs etc.
Toilets and the U bend are designed to take poo.
Poo breaks down a lot quicker and easier than food / doesnt have fat in it like food.
Silly doing it IMO
If its liquid enough to go down the bog.... why not just pour it down the sink?!
To clarify, im talking things like soup, anything in a sauce... and small quantities as its only plate scrapings.
The problem my missuses has is that she thinks its disgusting, not that it could cause issues in the drains. Thats the bit i dont understand, she is happy to sh*t down there but not put a little leftover bolonaise.
Ah, that's a perception thing. You taking plates you eat off into the bog. Bit like you wouldn't sit on the loo and scoff a packet of crisps.
You are not going to change this viewpoint.
It sounds like you have a bizarre OCD to be honest. 🙂
You actually take all your plates, bowls, etc into the khazi before taking them to the kitchen to wash them up? Or do you have a weird house layout where the shitter is in the dining room?
Bit like you wouldn't sit on the loo and scoff a packet of crisps.
Secretly writes this down for future reference
You actually take all your plates, bowls, etc into the khazi before taking them to the kitchen to wash them up? Or do you have a weird house layout where the shitter is in the dining room?
This. Whatever gave you the impression that this was a rational thing to do?
Yeah that's a bit ****ing odd.
We have a food recycling bin.
OP's toilet, yesterday......
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Whats the problem? (toilet content)
...you are!
Bit like you wouldn't sit on the loo and scoff a packet of crisps.
I would.
I don't use the bog as waste disposal very often but I see where the OP is coming from. If I have a big pan of soup that is not going to get eaten then I would chuck it down the bog rather than block the sink up with bits of veg.
Both pipes (waste and sewar) join together soon enough anyway so not sure what the big deal is
Whats odd about it? The plates come from the table to the kitchen to be loaded into the dishwasher. Any scraps get put onto one plate/dish. If its dry enough it goes in the bin. If not then that one plate gets carried to the downstairs toilet (next to kitchen in utility) and disposed of.
Whats wrong with your council food waste bin?
Whats wrong with your council food waste bin?
No idea about the OP but our council doesn't provide them. And they have only just started recycling corrugated card (although they do other kinds). Thera are also about to start charging to dispose of garden waste. Ohh and they charge at recycling centres to dispose of anything to do with home improvements (ie, old basins, tiles etc).
Utterly shit.
Yep, gone off stews, soups, beans, etc go down the toilet in our house.
No council food waste bin and we don't have an American-style waste disposal on the sink
I used to work unblocking drains in London. If it got as far as the main drain we handed it to the council. I knew a lot of their guys and each and every one of them cursed people who had waste disposal units or put food down drains. They claimed It feeds the rats.
Your missus is clearly a very patient woman. Any other minging habits you want to 'fess up to?
While she is distracted, now is the time to run your drive train through the dishwasher.
Your missus is clearly a very patient woman. Any other minging habits you want to 'fess up to?
I do sometimes poo into the toilet, i know, disgusting right?
IME some women are utterly bonkers about nonsense like this.
Not sure there's much you can do.
Do exactly the same here.
Don't see a problem with it at all.
Could be worse I spose, you could be using the kitchen sink as a crapper 😯
To be fair to the OP's wife.
I think the sight of food in the toilet is pretty disgusting, as it invariably looks like diarrhoea or chunder.
Even the noise of tipping it in can be a bit stomach-churning sometimes.
I wasn't a entire turkey carcass that you tried to flush? 😆
Seems a bit odd to me. I can't imagine the guys at the water company would be overly thrilled if everyone started doing this!
Stack all the plates in the toilet bowl and flush? Probably needs some detergent too, is that what's bothering her?
THIS. IS. MENTAL.
toilet = arses
washing up bowl = plates, cutlery etc
fairy liquid = both
got it? good.
So where do you chuck your wet but chunky food?nickhit3
I get told off for doing it too.
Cornflakes don't flush very well.
Don't make waste food!
More common than one would first think, even a marketing tool.
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AlexSimon - Member
nickhit3
So where do you chuck your wet but chunky food?
Well for starters (pun intended) there is rarely wet/chunky food going to waste. My family are not made of money and leftovers are normally dealt with orally within 48hrs of cooking. NOT with the aid of the porcelain item in the smallest room that we use to defecate in. Plate scrapings and any wet food left over- like most people I imagine- is mopped off the plate with kitchen roll and placed in the bin. As others more knowledgeable than I have pointed out, otherwise edible food or plate scrapings going down a toilet is a hateful thing, likely contributing to vermin problems in local sewerage systems and increasing the risk of blocking drains. OP is a psycho. I cant believe i'm even explaining this. It's only Tuesday. Christ.
I'll chuck left over salad/sauce down the pan. Don't have the luxury of a waste disposal unit or food bin.
Why the loo, why not the sink?
You're wife is weird to object but it's equally weird to take a plate to another room to get rid of some liquid TBH
Why do you all have so much waste food? Get it down ye!
Anything leftover in our house usually goes in me or the dog before it gets anywhere near a bin. Which, with 3 kids leaving stuff, may explain why I'm not anywhere near my ideal weight 😐
Anything inedible such a bones and the like goes in the food waste bin.
Anything super soggy like half eaten bowls of cereal left by the children (even I have my limits!) goes in to the sink which has one of those strainer type plugs. Liquid drains away and the solid stuff is then chucked in the aforementioned food bin.
Waste food in toilets is just mind-bogglingly wrong. I feel like the world is an even worse place than I thought having read this thread.
As per comments above, it's weird (and also wrong) to have large quantities of waste food. But if you do, and it's liquid-y, pour it through a sieve in the sink. Liquid goes down the plughole, and lumpy bits go in the kitchen bin. It's not rocket science.
shifter - MemberDon't make waste food!
This. 😡
If you don't have a food bin, why not get a composter or a wormery
I'm liking the anger in this thread.
All the arguments make no sense to me. I have a teenager. There are hardly any waste meals like this, but on the odd occasion when there are I will continue to chuck it down the toilet.
Next, you'll be telling me that I can't empty the deep fat fryer down there! 😉
Both my sinks and my bog go to an old school septic tank and field leaching system so it makes no difference which entry is used. It's be virtually impossible for us alone to put enough fat & oils down it to block the pipes, but I do separate these out.
No food recycling here, and composters / wormeries just attract rats. Big ones. In the main though, the dog benefits most from anything left over.
Yeah, as above, dog sorts all our food waste issues, who needs a dishwasher when there's an ever willing tongue......