The Contents Of Grease Traps And What The Recyled Contents Can Do
Being a know-it-all is not such a bad thing. You know a lot about a lot, and sometimes all of that information really comes in handy. (Just look at MacGyver; he knows so much he can rig up just about anything.) Take sewer cleaning, for example. You are probably curious about this subject because not everyone wants to know what goes on in a sewer. Additionally, sewer cleaning services clean out restaurant grease traps, too. Well, you are probably even more piqued now, are you not? Here is more about grease traps, what is in them, and what recycled grease trap contents can do.
You Cannot Flush This Mess
It is illegal for you to dump this down any drain and send it into city sewers. Why? Because once you have animal fats and drippings in the sewers, they slowly solidify, clogging the sewer pipes like the fat plaques in arteries. Worse still, the smell draws thousands of rats and cockroaches, which increases their breeding and numbers. Hence, this mess all has to go into a grease trap, a device restaurants use to hold kitchen waste.
Fats, Oils, Meat Drippings, and Bits of Fried Starch
If you were to look inside a grease trap, it would be very unpleasant to both the eyes and the nose. You would see bits of animal fat and trimmings plus bits of fried starchy vegetables all floating around in a slimy bed of used oil and meat drippings. Then there is the smell; it reminds you of bacon drippings that are month old and growing their own fuzzy mold on your kitchen counter. Yet, this greasy, semi-solid, semi-liquid mess can be sucked out of the grease trap and recycled for good by a sewer cleaning crew.
What the Recycled Contents Can Do
Surprisingly, grease trap contents have received new life through recycling. The contents are taken to bio-recycling plants, which skim the solid bits from the solidified fat, grease, and oils. Then it melts and boils the liquid contents and solidified fats down before purifying them. Once purified, the contents become fuel for power stations. Imagine the drippings from last night's greasy bacon cheeseburger powering a lamp in your home...that is something worth knowing, right? Other uses, such as fueling cars and buses, have also been explored, and are still in the development phases. However, recycled grease trap contents could one day be the fossil fuel solution.
For more information, reach out to companies like Tierra Environmental & Industrial Services.
