If you have questions/concerns about this issue, call the Environmental Compliance Division at 626-570-3277.  If you have a city-related sewer problem, call the Customer Service Division at 626-570-5061.

FOG can lead to problems no one wants to deal with, such as raw, septic sewage that backs up into your home or neighbor’s home – or which can overflow into neighborhood parks, yards and streets, followed by expensive and unpleasant cleanup.

Home garbage disposals do not keep grease out of the sewer system, or prevent grease from building up. Products such as detergents that claim to dissolve grease may pass the grease down the pipeline and cause problems elsewhere.

• Always scrape grease and food scraps from trays, plates, pots, pans, utensils, grills and other cooking surfaces and place into the trash for disposal.
• Pour fats, oils and grease into a container such as an empty jar or coffee can. Once the materials have cooled and solidified, secure the lid and throw it in the trash.
• Don’t put grease down a garbage disposal. Put drain baskets/strainers in sink drains to catch food scraps and other solids – and empty them into the trash.