Shut your trap: Tupelo officials approve new grease trap, interceptor regulations for restaurants

Beneath any city is a vast network of pipes, running clean water and pulling foul water away. But those municipal bloodlines can become clotted, often with grease runoff. It’s an issue city officials ...
AOL

Local restaurant ensnared in grease-trap gauntlet as Tacoma, Fife point fingers

Jay Yoo had just opened his Philly cheesesteak restaurant in a former Herfy’s Burgers when the same health inspector who had given him the green-light returned three hours later to shut him down. The ...
The New York Times

You Need to Clean Your Grill’s Grease Trap and Drip Tray. Here’s How.

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The New York Times

It’s Grilling Season. Here’s How to Put Out a Grease Fire.

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First Coast News

JEA urges restaurants and residents not to dump grease down the drain

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Imagine you just finished cooking, you’re cleaning up, and you have a pan full of oil. What do you do with it? JEA is urging you to not dump it down the drain, even if that may be ...
NBC 6 South Florida

‘Operation Grease Trap' victim speaks as Miami-Dade workers charged go before judge

One of the restaurant owners targeted in bribery schemes allegedly involving Miami-Dade County inspectors is speaking out as the two suspects appeared before a judge. At least 15 restaurants were ...
KY3

City of Ozark to add new service fee for businesses with fat, oil, and grease traps

OZARK, Mo. (KY3) - Some business owners in Ozark are complaining about a new service charge on their utility bills for fat, oil and grease (FOG) traps. The City will begin charging the $19.25/month ...
News Tribune

‘I want to forget everything.’ Restaurant stymied by Tacoma’s grease-trap policy closes

Rolls House, a Korean restaurant in Tacoma’s South End whose owner called attention to the city’s cumbersome and sometimes prohibitively expensive grease-trap policy, closed last month. “I had a bad ...
The Jamaica Observer

Grease leaves MoBay with big bill

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Saying the city has had to pay a hefty bill to repair its sewerage system, Mayor of Montego Bay Councillor Richard Vernon is adamant that all future plans submitted for ...
Yahoo

Tacoma contends restaurant grease traps are vital. Is its oversight of them lacking?

Every night, an employee at Eda Johnson’s new restaurant in the Stadium District dons a mask and heads downstairs to a storage room with a clipboard and a pen. The mission is to scrape the gunk out of ...
The Caterer

Fighting the fat: how to deal with grease in kitchens

Proper management of fat, oil and grease in the kitchen will lead to a cleaner working environment and more efficient operation overall. Clare Nicholls finds out how Disposing of fat, oil and grease ...