Disposal Chest

Disposal chests are chests that will delete any item that is moved into them with a regular hopper. Since they work with hoppers, disposal chests are useful for automatically disposing overflow items in automatic farms, so that the items are not left floating on the ground.

Creating a Disposal Chest

Disposal chests are easy to make, simply rename a regular chest "Disposal" in an anvil. Place the chest, and you should see that the GUI is named "Disposal". Disposal chests only work as single chests. Double chests do not delete items.

Place a regular hopper that feeds into the Disposal Chest. Any item transferred into a disposal chest by a hopper will be removed instantly upon leaving the hopper.

Pro Tip: Use disposal chests to delete wheat seeds, beetroot seeds and poisonous potatoes for a tidier farming experience.

Farm Overflow Disposal Systems

With chunk hoppers and disposal chests, it is easy to automatically dispose of "overflow" items that do not fit into your linked storage. This is important for minimising server and clientside lag, as well as preventing entity raiding. Add an extra chest to your linked storage chests at the lowest priority and apply filters for items you would like to delete. Place a hopper under it leading into a disposal chest. Once your linked storage chests are full, the items picked up by the crop hopper will go into the new chest, and then into the disposal chest. You may need multiple Disposal Chests to keep up with the production rates of larger farms.

Disposal Chests only work for items transferred by regular hoppers. Items transferred directly into the Disposal Chest by a chunk hopper will not be deleted.

Pro Tip: Remember to add item filters to your chunk hoppers to prevent deleting other dropped items.