| Keep a Healthy System and Blockage Free | |
| Keep
your drains on a low fat diet! Grease
clogs sewer lines just like it clogs your arteries.
The following are some items that should not be put down
the drains: |
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| Meat fats | Butter and margarine |
| Lard | Fatty food scraps |
| Cooking oil or shortening | |
| Other
Items Than Can Clog Wastewater Lines |
|
| Bones | Hair |
| Metal and glass | Ashes, sand, mud |
| Sticks, limbs and grass | Rags and hygiene products |
| Baby care products | Plastics |
|
Keep
The System Safe |
|
| Dispose
of household chemicals properly.
Certain chemicals when combined in sewer pipes can become toxic,
flammable and even explosive. Please follow disposal directions on container.
Other dangerous substances include the following: |
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| Floor care products | Insecticide |
| Paint | Brake fluid |
| Paint thinner | Gasoline |
| Weed killer | Fertilizer |
| Artists’ paints, mediums | Motor Oil |
| Lighter fluid | Herbicides |
| Antifreeze | Rat poison |
| Car wax with solvent | Varnish |
| Kerosene | Turpentine |
| Transmission fluid | |