FATS OIL GREASE & GRIT (FOGG)

Just Can It!

FOGG from your kitchen and bathroom should be canned, not washed down the drain.  Just Can cooking fats, oils and grease from your cooking and food prepration and toss in the trash.  Grit should go directly in the trash. 

Putting these greasy FOGG materials down a sink causes 80% of all sewer line clogs. Raw sewage can back into homes and businesses, spilling out on to the street, and even finding its way into storm drains and back into Lake Mead.

We are asking each resident to do your part to help by keeping fats, oil, grease and grit out of the community's sewer system, by properly disposing of them in the trash.

Simple steps like disposing of fat, oil, grease, and grit in the garbage instead of the drain can help significantly! Just Can It and you won't be a Pain in the Drain!

Fat

Raw beef

Meat trimmings

Chicken and turkey skin

Butter

Cream cheese

Cheese

Peanut butter

Most times, you can simply throw this stuff into the trash Can directly.

Oil

Salad oil

Salad Dressing

Coconut oil

Used fryer oil

Pour these items into a grease Can or pour directly into the trash Can. Large quantities of cooking oil should be put back into its original container and delivered to a waste recycling center.

Grease

Bacon residue

Drippings and cooked/melted fat from meat and poultry

Grease that gets skimmed off the top of gravy or soup

Gravy

Mayonnaise

You definitely need to Can this stuff. Put in a Grease Can or pour/scrape directly into the trash Can.

Grit

Egg Shells

Coffee Grounds

Rice

Nuts and Seeds

Sand

Kitty Litter and Aquarium Rocks

Cotton Balls and Q-tips

Band aids

Sanitary products/Condoms

Not only do these products clog the pipes, they can tear up pumps in the treatment process.  Just Can It by throwing these items directly into the trash.  Don't flush them down the toilet.

Click Here for a printable list of other items that shouldn't go down the drain.