COVID-19 has had an unforeseeable impact on the grease traps of bars and breweries in Massachusetts. With over two hundred breweries and several hundred more bars in Massachusetts being forced to rethink the way they perform business, many weren’t prepared for the impact it would have on their business’s grease trap or lack thereof. With the state’s new regulations aimed at curtailing the spread of the virus, it’s time we take a look at COVID-19’s effect on Massachusetts bars, breweries, and their grease traps. [Read more…]
Signs Your Grease Trap Needs Replacing
While we don’t perform installations here at Food Grease Trappers, we’ve inspected our fair share of grease traps that are far beyond recovery. Sometimes cleaning and maintenance isn’t enough to revive a grease trap that has fallen into disrepair. Fortunately, there are signs you can watch out for to prevent catastrophe – signs we here at Food Grease Trapper are well aware of. However, to protect your business, it’s best that you’re also aware of the signs your grease trap needs replacing. [Read more…]
The Negative Environmental Impact of FOGS
As a company offering grease trap services, it’s our responsibility not only to pump and clean traps according to local and federal ordinances, but also to ensure the oil is correctly disposed of. The buildup of fats, oils, grease, and solids (FOGS) can cause severe ecological harm if not appropriately handled by professionals. In this blog, we’ll discuss the negative environmental impact of FOGS if a grease trap is not properly emptied and maintained and the steps to preserving nature. [Read more…]
Ward Off Pests by Regularly Maintaining Your Grease Trap
Thoroughly sanitizing your kitchen regularly is a good way of preventing food-borne illness and pest infestation. However, sometimes surface sanitation only is not enough to defend against pests; sometimes, it requires the maintenance and cleaning of the equipment working behind-the-scenes: namely, your food grease trap. Knowing the importance of warding off pests by regularly maintaining your grease trap is essential when it comes to operating a safe and successful kitchen. [Read more…]
OSHA Releases Grease Trap Hazard Prevention Bulletin
Grease traps can be hazardous if not appropriately maintained and secured. Harm can befall workers and patrons if they trip over or fall into a grease trap that’s not properly covered. There are even life-threatening repercussions linked to maintenance if the grease trap is entered into without essential safeguards in place. Since many establishments have grease traps – including restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and food-processing plants – OSHA has released a grease trap hazard prevention bulletin in February of this year in hopes of preventing grease trap incidents. [Read more…]
The Coronavirus and Your Restaurant’s Grease Traps
Last week, we put up a notice on our website after inquiries assuring customers that they could postpone their next scheduled grease trap service with a call. Due to additional questions and all the uncertainty floating around, we thought we’d go into more detail about what to do about your grease traps while mandatory closures and restrictions limit or shut down your kitchen. Whether you’re looking to get some work done while you wait or want to make sure you close things down properly, here are some tips to help with your restaurant’s grease traps during the coronavirus crisis. [Read more…]
What Kind of Restaurants Produce Too Much Grease?
All restaurants produce grease. It’s why most municipalities have rules making grease traps mandatory for any business that prepares food – and why more are passing these kinds of laws every year. And it’s why you’ve got a grease trap. However, you might find out your current grease trap isn’t meeting your demands, or maybe you’re trying to figure out what size grease trap you’ll need for a new location. Here are three factors that can impact your grease traps and might be why you produce too much grease in your kitchens.
[Read more…]Grease Traps in the News: 2019 Fall Edition
It’s almost a new year! Let’s look back on the fall of 2019 for all the interesting and demonstrative news around this one product. Welcome again to Grease Traps in the News, your one-stop-shop for all things grease-trap related, from all parts of the US and beyond. As always, we’re highlighting the various issues that can arise around grease traps from breakthroughs and successes to issues that hurt businesses and the communities around them. This time around, we’re covering everything from sewer overflows to using restaurant grease in creating methane gas.
[Read more…]Matching Grease Trap Maintenance to Your Restaurant’s Busy Season
You’ve got full lines, you’ve got full tables, you’ve got full waitlists and full kitchen orders: the last thing you want is a full grease trap. Between the risks of wastewater backing up (a combined sewer overflow ends your business fast) and the fines that can be leveled at you for having a non-functional grease trap, it’s important to have a plan. In this blog, we’re going to look at how to better track the risky seasons for your business, know what to look for, and how to schedule out grease trap maintenance to avoid any issues.
[Read more…]The Winter and Your Restaurant: Dealing with Cold Grease Traps
Anyone who has refrigerated a greasy dish is all too familiar with how grease and the cold interact. And like with all things, the more you scale it up, the faster the transition from “nuisance” to “problem” will occur. For a restaurant’s grease trap – especially exterior and in-ground grease traps – this can turn a functioning and vital part of your restaurant into a problematic blockage. Today we’re going to look at how cold grease traps can give you problems and how to address them.
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