New York Tries to Rid Its Sewers of FOG (Fat, Oil and Grease) Out of sight of most New Yorkers is a sprawling underground labyrinth of about 7,500 miles of sewers, part of the city’s vast and, in many cases, aging subterranean infrastructure. Besides old age, the sewers, which are essential to the health of […]
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Cities Combat FOG With The Drain Strainer Since Killeen paid more than $900,000 in 2009 for problems attributed to fats, oils and grease, work continues to keep such substances out of the city’s sewer system and other infrastructure. Fats, oils and grease get in the system when residential and commercial users dump it down drains,
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Connecticut Fat Oil and Grease Program Recommendations Include Food Solids Strainers The City of Stamford Conneticut’s Fats, Oil, and Grease (FOG) Abatement Program details the problems with food solids clogging their sewer system. They recommend installing sink drain strainers to collect residual food materials and avoid using garbage disposal systems for foods containing FOG materials.
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The City of Virginia Beach Recommends Using A Solids Separator In the City of Virginia Beach’s Public Utilities Fall 2013 FOG Newsletter, they recommend using a solids separator like The Drain Strainer to prevent food solids from entering the sewer system: Part of the Best Kitchen Management Practices is to not dispose of food waste
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Most people think of the government as simply implementing rules that place a burden on other business owners to comply. But when it comes to protecting the environment by preventing food particles from being flushed into the sewer system, the City of Charlottesville in Virginia practiced what they preach by installing a Drain Strainer to
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Tosi’s Loves Their Drain Strainer For nearly 75 years, Tosi’s has been recognized far and wide as the premier dining establishment in southwestern Michigan. Tosi’s Restaurant specializes in northern Italian cuisine and is widely known for their consistent high quality for both food and drink, warm hospitality and authenticity of Italian dishes. Tosi’s sits on
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Commercial Garbage Disposals Banned in New York City Food Service Establishments A thriving business community is vital to New York City and its neighborhoods. A healthy economy benefits every New Yorker. But when businesses discharge grease into the sewers, it can cause sanitary sewer overflows and interfere with the City’s sewage treatment operations. It also
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No Commercial Garbage Disposals Allowed in Los Angeles Restaurants The Bureau of Sanitation in Los Angeles CA is responsible for maintaining the City’s sewer system and clearing blockages that can often result in the overflow of sewage into the environment. It has been found that many of these blockages are caused by fats, oil and
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San Francisco Fights FOG From Grease Traps FOG can be a big problem in San Francisco — not the misty kind that famously blankets the City by the Bay, but sewer-clogging fats, oils, and grease. FOG is a sticky problem for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), largely because of the many restaurants for
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Arizona Town Tackles Odors Stemming From Restaurant Grease Traps Hovering over an open manhole, Bill Hurd took a long metal pole and poked at the gray liquid in a grease interceptor below. On a recent Tuesday morning, Hurd was working with the executive chef at Eddie V’s Edgewater Grill to conduct the restaurant’s annual “Fats,
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