Fat Trappers

Don't Put Grease Down the Drain!

Use Fat Trappers and Replacement Bags

Fat trappers

Free to City of Longmont Residents.

P2 Program

501 East 1st Avenue

Longmont, CO 80501

Phone: (303) 651-8667

Fat Trapper Locations:

(Before you drop by, please call to ensure supply available)

Water Department at the Service Center

1100 S. Sherman Street

(303) 651-8376

Public Works

375 Airport Road

(303) 651-8416

Civic Center - lobby

Kimbark Street

Get your Fat Trappers at Rhythm on the River at the Focus on Environment tent

**Does your business or group have a "green" event? Please contact the Pollution Prevention Program at (303) 651-8667 to find out more about Fat Trappers and the event table.

Keep grease out of the sewer: Fat Trappers are reusable plastic containers with lids. Inside, place a can or the foil bag provided. When the can or bag is full, seal and throw into the trash.

Visit our table at Rhythm on the River in July and other local events to obtain Fat Trappers and replacement bags

What About Large Amounts of Cooking Oil

- Deep Fryers???

Fat Trapper bags are small and not intended to be used for disposal of larger quanitities of spent deep fryer oil.

Now available and FREE- Recycling Center (140 Martin Street) will accept old cooking oil in sealed containers for recycling.

Or at Ecocycle's CHaRM Program (5030 Old Pearl Street) 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday. Call 303-444-6634 or visit the CHaRM website for more information and directions.

Sanitary Sewer Overflows, Blockages and Slow Drains

Fats, Oils and Greases stick to the inside of sewers. Eventually, the accumulation becomes a blockage and sewage "backs up" into homes, businesses or the street and storm sewers. Exposure to raw sewage is a health risk because of pathogens.

EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY AND RESIDENTS

Grease in a sewer manhole

The City of Longmont's Utility Operations clean hundreds of miles of city sewer lines each year. However, some residential and restaurant areas have unusually high amounts of grease accumulation due to food preparation. The City has to clean these areas more often. Additionally, grease that makes its way down to the Wastewater Treatment Plant (over 3,000 pounds per day) is a maintenance nightmare.

The City only maintains the city sewers. What about private sewer lines? The grease accumulates there, too. This causes "slow drains", blockages and "back ups".

DON'T FEED THE SEWER MONSTER-

DON'T POUR GREASE DOWN THE DRAIN!

Never pour grease down the drain or toilet. Spent deep fryer oil can be recycled via Ecocycle's CHaRM Program for FREE (303-444-6634). Smaller amounts (like from fying pans) can be poured into a container, sealed and thrown into the trash.
Scrape food wastes off of utensils, plates, pots and pans and into the trash before washing. Don't rely on garbage grinders to dispose of wastes to the sewer.
Use baskets/strainers in sink drains to catch food scraps. Dump these into the trash.

Never pour grease down the drain. Contain grease in a sealable container for disposal to trash.

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This page was updated August 26, 2011

City of Longmont Public Works & Natural Resources

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