Used 1988 Kenmore 1/2HP kitchen garbage-disposer - the cutting plate is 
loose (nut probably rusted out).

FREE for repair or parts (it has a 1/2HP motor, though I don't how how 
accessible that is).

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The city will soon be weighing what you put into the new recycling bin and
giving out rewards based on the weight.  I can't think of any other use for
a garbage disposer.  Have you considered a compost pile?

Rewards for more or less?

They 'pay' by weight.  We are saving what is in our current bins to put out
when we get the new large bin.  We usually put out recycling every few months
after we have taken apart lots of computers and things.  We also recycle in
the bins the trash we pick up that is not refundable because the bottled
content is not carbonated, or it got too smashed.  

I expect I will have to recycle my old disposer - but it's a shame since 
it probably has useable parts (like, a 1/2 HP motor). Also, is there 
even a way to recycle it? It has mixed parts (stainless, steel, copper, 
plastic parts, etc), and the Ann Arbor recycle guide gives no guidance 
for recycling such. 

Freecycle it.  Maybe someone is looking for a 1/2 HP motor or other
parts.

Thought I'd give Grexers first crack...

Use a screwdriver, wrench, etc.  We have recycled disposers.

What do you do with them? Or do you mean, repaired disposers?

You remove all the screws you can find, use the wrench where the screwdriver
does not do it, and take it apart into aluminum, copper, steel, plastic,
plastic-coated copper wire, stainless steel, brass, white metal.....
Should not take more than 10 minutes.  If you cannot figure out how to get
certain pieces apart, use pliers, metal cutters, saw.....  Sometimes it helps
to drop things onto a hard surface (big rock) from a height (printers).
We spent much of yesterday afternoon disassembling some very expensive looking
very large power supplies meant for servers, and Jim also used large pliers
to pull heatsinks and copper coils off the boards.  Anything not
communications wire which has copper in it (coils, transformers, motors) goes
into a separate bag.   There are three grades of aluminum (extruded, cast,
and I forget what else).  Use a magnet to determine what is steel.  Some
screws are non-magnetic (brass or stainless).

Not just screws. Parts are sometimes stainless. 

Yes parts can be stainless, which is shinier and heavier than aluminum or
white metal.  We just finished the power supplies and started on Leeron's
latest 9 computers (which have more power supplies....).  150MHz and 200MHz
worked, next two no video (about 500MHz), two worked (one bad floppy) and one
has a bad power switch.  I don't know why people save computers from 1997
until 2010 even if they do work.  Our cutoff is now 1999 and non-socket-7
(which runs slower than other boards even with the same speed CPU).  Also
recycling pre-1998 modems and pre-1999 CD-ROM drives.  Leeron has another 30
or so computers for us but some use RAMBUS memory.  Of four others, two fast
ones were usable (replace bad power supply) and two have bad capacitors on
the motherboard.  Too many computers and not enough time.  I am stil using
1GHz for lack of time to upgrade.

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