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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lompoc City Council twice has reversed decisions by staff to allow two small businesses to avoid installing grease traps. On Tuesday, the council supported an appeal by the Vitamin and Herb Store, ...

Following is a transcript of the video. My name is Maurice Patterson. I'm the owner and operator of MMP Environmental Solutions. We are a commercial-grease-trap-cleaning service and waste-management ...

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 ...

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 ...

Businesses and institutions across Tyler will have new requirements on the fats, oils and grease that they put into the city’s sewer system. The Tyler City Council voted Wednesday to implement a new ...

Tacoma's strict enforcement of grease-trap requirements for restaurants is creating problems for small business owners, who find the city's rules overly controlling, ambiguous and costly. Suppose the ...

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 ...