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Easy Greasy

Disposal tips and recycling options for fats, oils, and grease

f you prepare food at home with Avoid putting FOG in the garbage grease at a Kitsap County’s recycling and
your health in mind, you might disposal as well. It will grind up foods, garbage facility or transfer station, at
avoid cooking many fried foods. It’s but greasy particles can still cling no cost. For directions and hours, visit
Icommon knowledge that too much to pipes. Recycle.KitsapGov.com.
fried food can lead to weight gain and
clogged arteries. But the clogs don’t CAN THE GREASE KITS
stop there. Improper disposal of used Kitsap County Public Works is asking ILLUMINATING THE FOG
cooking oil can cause clogged pipes, residents to “Can the Grease” to help When you think of fats, oils, and
sewer backups or septic system failures. keep FOG out of sewers. Free kits are
Don’t pour it down the drain! available to sewer customers while grease in the kitchen, fried foods
supplies last. Kits include: may come to mind. But there are
When poured down a drain, fats, • Reusable lid that fits most other sources of FOG that may
oils, and grease (FOG) can clog pipes standard-size food cans surprise you:
on your property or in the sewer
system. Homeowners are responsible • Scraper to transfer grease Dairy products
for the cost of repairing the line on to the can Gravy
their own property, or even worse, • Instructions for proper
cleanup and repair if there is a backup disposal of grease Mayonnaise
into the home. According to the U.S. • Options for recycling cooking oil Salad dressing
Environmental Protection Agency,
Get Social approximately 65 percent of sewer To request your free kit, call Kitsap1 Frosting

spills are FOG-related. The majority are
at 360.337.5777 (have your mailing
in residential areas.
address and Kitsap County Sewer Utility
Lard and shortening
When disposing of these items, use account number ready) Butter and margarine
the trash can, not the drain. FOG can USED COOKING OIL RECYCLING
be removed from plastic tubs with a Keep FOG out of our sewers and our
spatula or paper towel before recycling landfills! Used cooking oil is collected
the container. Hot water and soap may and refined to make biodiesel, a clean
wash FOG down the drain, but it will alternative to petroleum fuel. Residents
eventually cool and solidify in pipes, may recycle fats, used cooking oils, and
where it can cause clogs and
sewage backups.

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