This article will cover grease trap cleaner and cleaners as well as their uses. Modern times have brought forth so many conveniences to mankind. Medicines, machines, clothes, houses, and food are instantly produced according to the preference of the target market. Among these major industries, machine and food businesses are the biggest contributors to the FOG (fats, oils, grease) crisis. This is because of the by-products that they produce—FOG.
It’s really quite saddening to realize that the price of convenience is the harm that it gives to the environment and to man himself. FOG continues to overwhelm highly industrialized countries especially the United States. The US is a country known to be run by entrepreneurs and businesses that pop are machine and food production. More and more businesses like these pop up every day and as a result, more FOG is produced. This is the reason why there is a call for a good commercial grease trap cleaner.
But before the commercial grease trap cleaner is given focus, the government created a grease ordinance or a pretreatment ordinance for every food and machine establishment to follow. The ordinance mandates the business owners to have grease traps installed and maintained in their premises. The traps should have permits from the Department of City Government so that they could be inspected at any given time. Maintenance of the grease traps needs to be performed on a regular basis. This includes a thorough inspection every week. Pumping out the grease traps depends on the size, location, and accessibility. The large outdoor grease traps need to be pumped out every quarter. The smaller, indoor grease traps should be pumped out every month. But even with these basic schedules, most companies prefer having their grease traps pumped out every week. They would rather pay for weekly pump outs than face environmental lawsuits and pay large fines for FOG overflow.
The process of pumping out the grease trap is already established. All that’s needed is a stable schedule and a certified hauler for the waste. The critical aspect here is the commercial grease trap cleaner that should be purchased and used on a regular basis. There are so many products out there that promise to eliminate grease permanently once you use them. The most common of them are the enzymes and chemicals. The manufacturers of these grease trap cleaners tell their customers that the FOG problem is considered solved once they use the products. When the customers apply these cleaners into their traps, the FOG seems to disappear or melt away. What really happens is that the FOG just gets emulsified and mixed up with the untreated effluent. The FOG cools down within the pipes, solidifies, and sticks to the walls of the pipelines, blocking the normal flow of the wastewater that’s supposed to reach the wastewater treatment facility, already pre-treated or FOG-free. Everything just gets far worse because the wastewater backs up into the business establishment and contaminates everything.
The most efficient commercial grease trap cleaner is the additive that’s composed of bacteria. Bacteria are primitive microorganisms that have survived even nuclear fallouts. They have continued to exist even in the harshest of environments. Realizing their potency to consume and to survive, they are now utilized as a type of commercial grease trap cleaner. Bacteria can digest or consume the FOG and the solid waste materials in the grease trap. They also get rid of the awful, offensive smells and keep the surrounding environment free from pollution. There are several forms of bacteria that are available in the market today—powdered bacteria, liquid bacteria, bacteria pumps, bacteria blocks, and grease trap tablets. Among these forms, the grease tablet is the latest modification. It contains buffers, aerobic bacteria, nutrients, and active oxygen to facilitate the faster breakdown of FOG and solid wastes.
The use of bacteria as a commercial grease trap cleaner should be encouraged. With bacteria, companies could save on pumping out bills every week. They also help in preventing environmental lawsuits and large fines.