Starting today, Raleigh, N.C. becomes the nation’s only city to outlaw garbage disposals. Officials say the appliances allow grease to accumulate in sewers, leading to sewage spills. While people who already have them can keep using them, no new ones can be installed.

Raleigh’s mayor hopes residents will start composting their food scraps.

Many homeowners and a company that makes the kitchen appliances, consider the ban invasive and misdirected.

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