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Why Your Garbage Disposal Is Stuck in 1950 (And How Aerospace Engineers Fixed It)

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Tim Ketchum walks Marc Aflalo through the origin story of Composer: a startup born from frustration with composting and a recognition that garbage disposals, despite being in 60% of American homes, handle only 15% of food waste. The engineering challenge wasn't grinding — every disposal does that — it was rethinking every other aspect of the experience.

The centerpiece of Composer's design is a…