Proper Use Of Any Disposal:

1. Electric Switch Operated: Continuous Feed
• Run Full Cold Water
• Turn Disposal On
• Feed small amounts of food slowly into disposal.  Large amounts of food including shavings, throw into the trash; remnants then run through disposal.  Remember a disposal in NOT a trash compactor. 
   
  
2. What You Can Put Through: Food Types
• Any bones; helps to sharpen blades and keep disposal clean inside
• Any other foods are fine
   
  
3. What NOT To Put Through:
• Any spoiled meats; that's like putting wood chips through coated with Elmer's
   
  
4. NO:
1. Celery
2. Artichoke Hearts
3. Banana Peels
4. Corn Silks
5. Fresh Onion Stalks
6. Radish Tops
7. Shrimp Shells
8. Seaweed
9. Asparagus Stalks 

***Anything that is stringy of fibrous in structure.***

The disposal does its job chopping up food and actually separates the fiber and pulp.  The fibers go down the drain and get caught on the first rough surface, forming a hair net-like trap then the pulp clogs it up.