Grease Recycling / FOG

Fatburg History

When fog is poured down your home’s sinks, toilets, or drains it begins to travel. The fats, oils, and grease head down your pipes and into the sewers where they meet up with all of the other wastewater in the area. Here is where the nastiness starts but becomes much worse when these greasy globs reach the sewers and merge with everyone else’s byproducts. When sewer levels rise high, these fat blobs glob onto the ceiling of the pipes, creating stalactite-type structures that are sometimes called “fatbergs.” These clogs block the sewer line and can cause disgusting and dangerous backups. While drain cleaners might clear out the pipes in your home, the greasy mess just gets washed into the sewers afterward, creating a bigger problem down the line.

What to do With Grease