Is one permitted to throw a bag of garbage down the shoot on Shabbos? There is an eruv in my building.

 

It is only allowed If:

  1. The workers would not place the garbage into the compactor or take out the garbage to the street (in a place where there is no eruv) on Shabbos.
  2. The garbage doesn’t fall into the compactor which will be activated when the garbage falls into it.

 

 שו”ת בצל החכמה ח”ד סי’ סב.

Can one use a garbage drawer on Shabbos or is it Muktzeh?

 

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