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VIDEO: Clean and Unclog Your Garbage Disposal With This Hack!
By Matt Schmitz
May 21, 2025
Does your garbage disposal smell like a combination of broccoli, hot trash and the despair of a late-20-something realizing how disappointing life actually turned out to be? That’s because food particles, bacteria and other slimy gunk build up over time in the dank, dark recesses beneath your drain, where you dare not stick your hand.
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Watch the video above and learn to slay the stink in your sink without endangering your digits — by just adding ice. Here’s what to do…
1. Simply fill your garbage disposal to the brim with ice cubes.
2. Add some coarse salt.
3. Add some citrus peels.
4. Turn on the cold water.
5. Then let ’er rip until the ice is fully pulverized — in the process, knocking loose and scraping off the fetid filth while, in a manner of speaking, “sharpening the blades.”
6. Watch in delight-slash-disgust as your disposal horks up a sickening Slurpee like when that last frozen margarita comes back up on you.
7. Turn off the garbage disposal.
8. Rinse away all the vomitous slush with warm water.
Now, take another whiff. What do you smell? Nothing? Exactly.
In the video, we’ll cover the following topics:
How to clean garbage disposal with ice
How to unclog garbage disposal with ice cubes
How to clean a smelly garbage disposal
DIY garbage disposal cleaning hacks
Garbage disposal maintenance tips
Natural ways to clean your garbage disposal
How to freshen up your garbage disposal
The best way to clean a garbage disposal with ice and lemon
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