The New York City Department of Environmental Protection cites grease as a major cause of back-ups in its 6,000 miles of sewers lines. The back-ups can lead to sewage entering homes and businesses, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Suppose the city where you live could show up at your house, demand that you dig a giant hole in your driveway or maybe the front ...

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 ...

Driven by a well-intended commitment to public health, the City of Tacoma has painted itself into a bureaucratic corner that punishes small businesses the city claims to support. Reporter Kristine ...

Tacoma restaurant owners say the city’s rules on grease traps are costing them time and money, stifling development and discouraging culinary creativity. They want relief. The City Council, in what it ...

Rochester, N.Y. – Monroe County officials began conducting safety sweeps on grease traps at local businesses Thursday. This comes after a three-year-old boy died last week when he fell into a grease ...

COLUMBIA — Businesses will be able to apply for funding to help cover the cost of installing a grease trap after City Council unanimously approved a rebate program. The program is the last in a series ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The FOG team is as much about ...

The contraption: a gravity grease interceptor, as big as a Volkswagen Beetle, which goes in the ground and costs a hefty sum. The alternative: a hydromechanical grease interceptor, about the size of a ...