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 Pouring cooking fats and grease down your kitchen
drain is a recipe for disaster. These substances build up in your home’s plumbing
and in JEA’s sewer system and that’s bad news for your pipes and ours.
Why?
- Clogged pipes can cause raw sewage to back-up into your home, your yard, your streets and waterways.
- Grease in your sewer pipes leads to increased plumbing costs.
- Money spent on costly cleanups of sewage spills leads to increased utility bills.
How can you help prevent grease buildups from blocking sewer lines?
- Never pour grease down the sink drain, even with dish soap and/or hot water.
- Scrape food scraps from dishes into trash can and garbage bags and dispose of properly.
- Pour cooled grease into an empty can or plastic bottle and then place it in the trash.
- Use rubber scrapers and paper towels to remove oil and grease from cookware.
- Avoid using garbage disposal.
- Put baskets or strainers in sinks to catch food scraps, and then, empty them in the trash can.
And – it’s not just cooking oil. Mayonnaise, salad dressings and other food items contain fats and oils and can clog our pipes too.
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