Pour 1/2 cup of baking soda into your garbage disposal. Then, pour 1 cup of vinegar in. Allow the mixture to bubble and sit ...

If you use it properly, the disposal itself is generally remarkably self-cleaning. The exception is the splash guard.

Allison Harrison, co-owner of Goodbee Plumbing, explains that proper garbage disposal use can prevent issues in the first place. “The first rule of owning and operating a garbage disposal is to ...