GREASE TRAP TECHNOLOGY has remained virtually unchanged since the first patent was issued to Nathaniel Whiting in 1884. It wouldn’t be until many years later that standards would be adopted to ...

Grease traps, like the one that a 3-year-old fell into Monday in Rochester, present bigger hazards than just an unpleasant smell. Susan Gresh, owner of Biotech Drainline Services, explained that ...

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 ...

The death on Monday of a Rochester 3-year-old who fell into an unsecured grease trap outside a Tim Hortons restaurant reveals a startling lack of state or local safety regulations related to the ...

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 ...

Grease washed from restaurant frying pans and dirty dishes is creating a fatty mess in local sewers, and public works crews hope new rules will unclog the subterranean arteries. Cities across the ...

Fail to clean your trap, and you risk foul odors, fines, or worse – in rare cases, neglected grease traps have even been known to catch fire or overflow disastrously. For restaurants in older parts of ...