is there anything wrong, from a plumbing or environmental perspective, with flushing leftover food down toilet

Question

I prefer to put leftover food down the toilet instead of in the garbage bag to avoid the smell in the kitchen. Is this bad? (I used to feed it to our dog but she has developed allergies...)

Answer 1

Food and meat into a septic system is not good. Other than that I don't know.

Answer 2

If you don't clog the toilet up, it's OK. Food, meat and most everything can go down the drain. If you have a septic system you will have to pump out the septic tank more often, but there's no problem other than clogging up the drains. good luck

Answer 3

If you have a water bill it is expensive. Every flush is several gallons of water.
Your question sparks a experience of my own though. I once flushed some left-over beef stew. Unfortunately there was a large piece of potato that got clogged in the commode and my husband and son had to take the whole commode out side and dislodge the potato and etc. ( I stayed in the house so my husband wouldn't kill me!!Because it was hysterical when they found the potato)
The mess wasn't yucky -nasty----- But it sure was funny!!!(to me)

Answer 4

Plumbing maybe. Depends on what you're dumping. Remember, starch tends to EXPAND when wet. Make sure you don't clog your pipes, and no bones in there!