Protect Grease Traps

North Carolina City Regulates Grease Traps To Prevent Clogged Pipes The new wastewater treatment facility in Franklin North Carolina cost the town more than $5 million to build, but within months of its summer 2013 opening, superintendent Wayne Price noticed a problem. “Within six months of putting that into operation, we had fats build up […]

Philadelphia Restaurants Compost Their Garbage City officials are moving ahead with a plan that encourages Philadelphia restaurants to turn their food waste into compost, rather than just throwing it into a garbage disposal. Restaurants in the city are now required to put virtually all of their grindable food waste into garbage disposals, and they face

Grease From Restaurant Drain Clogs Sewer Line in Indiana The Fort Branch town council is concerned that restaurants are not properly disposing of their grease. Town Council President, Tom Wallace, says a sewer line was found clogged with grease on Hillcrest Street, west of Highway 41. Wallace says he suspects the grease came from a

Iowa City Looks To Amp Up Their Fight Against Fats, Oil and Grease from 3 Compartment Sinks The Sioux City City Council heard a proposal to deal with left over grease at restaurants, hospitals, daycares and even nursing homes. It’s called the Fats, Oil Grease Ordinance. The goal is to be proactive, by making sure

Iowa Town’s City Council Considers Rules To Restrict Grease Traps For many restaurants, fats, oils, and grease are a byproduct of serving up food. On Monday night, the Waterloo city council was set to vote on the first reading of a proposed ordinance that would restrict the amount of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) that

North Carolina City Says No to Grease in Sewers In Reidsville, North Carolina, they’re cutting out the fat. The City Council unanimously passed an ordinance allowing officials to crack down on restaurants that let fats, oils and grease get into the sewage system. City officials said the problem is largely residential. By targeting commercial businesses,

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

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,

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.

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