Those who haven’t complied could face legal proceedings in the future. The grease trap must be properly installed by a qualified plumber or contractor and the work verified by the authority board ...

Every night, an employee at Eda Johnson’s new restaurant in the Stadium District dons a mask and heads downstairs to a storage room with a clipboard and a pen. The mission is to scrape the gunk out of ...

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, ...

Hoping to reduce beach pollution, several Southern California coastal cities are exploring whether restaurants should be forced to install costly systems to dispose of cooking grease. But ...

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 ...

Restaurant owners are asking town officials for more time to install costly grease-trap systems required under a new regulation meant to prevent municipal sewers from ...

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 ...