Do you put eggshells down your garbage disposal

Compost

I just leave them.

I egg people's houses. Only use I have for eggs.

I throw them in the garbage. Never thought of doing anything else.

I don't have a garbage disposal. In the middle of nowhere it would just be something else to break and be a MAJOR inconvenience (or clog and be a huge mess).

Eggshells go into the garden, after a couple days in the sun I step on them to crush them up and hoe them into the soil. The calcium is great for the plants. I'm kinda picky about veggie scraps in the garden though. While compost is great fertilizer it could also bring disease/pests into the garden.

Google says not to do it

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Some people claim that egg shells sharpen the blades of the unit, but this is not true. The shells' stringy membrane layers can wrap around the shredder ring, and the shell itself will be ground to a sand-like consistency capable of clogging pipes.

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Throw them in the trash.

Either.

Garbage disposal

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What kind of heathen puts shite like that down the disposal.

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Me

I compost, toss in garbage or disposal, whichever I'm in the mood for. And I've got a 16 year old garbage disposal and runs like I just bought it.

Run lemons through it to deodorize.

17 years, no problems. Ice is the ticket to help keep it clean. NO grease/cooking oil goes down it too!