Let's Tackle the Grease in This Kitchen! Prevent grease buildups from blocking sewer lines. Stop sewer overflows into streets and storm drains. Save money spent on costly cleanups of sewage spills. Reduce the number of times you have to clean your grease trap (food services). Protect the quality of our water. Why should I help? DO! Put oil and grease in covered collection containers. Prewash dishes and pans with cold water before putting them in the dishwasher. Remove oil and grease from dishes, pans, fryers, and griddles. Cool first before you skim, scrape, or wipe off excess grease. Cover kitchen sink with catch basket and empty into garbage can as needed. Scrape food scraps from dishes into fresh cans and garbage bags and dispose of properly. Avoid using your garbage disposal. Cover floor drain with fine screen and empty into garbage can as needed. Don't put food scraps down the drain. X DON'T! Don't pour oil and grease X down the drain. Don't run water over dishes, pans, fryers, and grid- dles to wash oil and grease down the drain. Don't X rinse off oil and grease with hot water. More Ways to Tackle Grease Use environmentally safe cleaning products instead of harsh detergents or cleaners that can damage sewer lines If you generate large amounts of used cooking oil, recycle it. To find a recycler, check the phone book under "recyclers" or "rendering companies. If you generate small amounts of used cooking oil pour it into a container you can throw away. Never pour it down the drain. Start a compost pile at your home with scraps that are not meat. For more information, contact us at www.angolain.org. This message brought to you by... Angola's Clean Water Utilities (260) 665-2514 www.angolain.org Let's Tackle the Grease in This Kitchen ! Prevent grease buildups from blocking sewer lines . Stop sewer overflows into streets and storm drains . Save money spent on costly cleanups of sewage spills . Reduce the number of times you have to clean your grease trap ( food services ) . Protect the quality of our water . Why should I help ? DO ! Put oil and grease in covered collection containers . Prewash dishes and pans with cold water before putting them in the dishwasher . Remove oil and grease from dishes , pans , fryers , and griddles . Cool first before you skim , scrape , or wipe off excess grease . Cover kitchen sink with catch basket and empty into garbage can as needed . Scrape food scraps from dishes into fresh cans and garbage bags and dispose of properly . Avoid using your garbage disposal . Cover floor drain with fine screen and empty into garbage can as needed . Don't put food scraps down the drain . X DON'T ! Don't pour oil and grease X down the drain . Don't run water over dishes , pans , fryers , and grid dles to wash oil and grease down the drain . Don't X rinse off oil and grease with hot water . More Ways to Tackle Grease Use environmentally safe cleaning products instead of harsh detergents or cleaners that can damage sewer lines If you generate large amounts of used cooking oil , recycle it . To find a recycler , check the phone book under " recyclers " or " rendering companies . If you generate small amounts of used cooking oil pour it into a container you can throw away . Never pour it down the drain . Start a compost pile at your home with scraps that are not meat . For more information , contact us at www.angolain.org . This message brought to you by ... Angola's Clean Water Utilities ( 260 ) 665-2514 www.angolain.org