Pour used cooking grease in a can or jar and dispose of properly.
- Pour or scrape grease from pots and pans into a can or jar. Store this in the refrigerator until it is full. When the grease is chilled solid, throw it in the garbage.
- Pour used liquid frying oil into containers that can be capped and then throw in the garbage.
Why not just pour grease down the drain?
Grease coats the insides of drain and sewer pipes. Over time, the grease builds up until it blocks the pipe. When this happens, the drain backs up into the house. If the clog is in a sewer pipe, raw sewage can back up into your house!
Hot water DOES NOT dissolve grease. If you pour grease down the drain with hot water, it will harden in the pipes as soon as it cools off.
Even your "little bit" of grease builds up over time. Combined with the "little bit" that other people put down the drain, it can soon be a problem for everyone!
Everyone needs to dispose of grease properly.
printable Can the Grease brochure [pdf/199kb/2p]
en Español la grasa... al bote! [pdf/2p]
printable "Good Neighbor Policy" brochure about assistance for residents who have a sewer backflow [pdf/162kb/2p]
en Español "Póliza del Buen Vecino" (asistencia a habitantes de vivendas) [pdf] |