LG Electronics will foray into the food waste disposer market in the first quarter of 2025, heralding a shake-up in the sector led by small electronics companies, according to industry sources on Monday.

The South Korean household name is set to become the first electronics giant to enter the market as it expands its mass-market product lineup to cope with Chinese rivals’ product diversification.

In August, LG Electronics collaborated with the city of Ansan in Gyeonggi Province to test its food waste disposers on 40 households in a pilot project.

Its food disposers will be built into the kitchen sink and decompose food through microbial fermentation. LG is also considering selling the products on a subscription basis.
The device drains the water from the food waste down the sink drain and then ferments and dries it. No food powder or debris are discharged into the sewage system, so there is little chance of water pollution, sewer pipe blockage or backflow