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I'm a bachelor and I use a trash compactor, sink disposal, freezer, and
waste can. Everything that goes into my trash compactor is washed and
dried.
I don't put corn husks, banana peels, ect., in my disposal but put them in a
old plastic shopping bag, and keep that in the freezer.
Everything that goes into the trash can is also washed and dried. For
example, some plastic wraps, and things I would rather not have in the
compactor, but need not go into the freezer.
Items that can't be washed, (grease, bacon drippings, greasy paper towels,
fat, meat trimmings, ect.,) also go into the freezer plastic shopping bag.
Next morn this gets deposited at a local fast food chain eatery (where I
have my morning brew, crossword, and sometimes breakfast), that has outside
garbage containers for the public. Seldom ever, hardly more than a cup of
waste.
I don't contract garbage pick up except for July, Aug, Sep, (grass
clippings). My neighbors allow me to deposit the trash compactor bag
(2/month) and the trash can bag (3/month) as I shovel their sidewalks in
return. Sometimes 6 times a day, damn it.
Monthly garbage pickup rates here are $16.75 / month. Too much for 5 bags.
Daily I fill my sink about 2" deep and run the disposal to flush the trap
and keep ground elements from settling and plugging the trap.
Running a disposal full of ice does a great job of cleaning and clearing it.
Works great for me. Saves over $150.00 year.