Why you should never pour grease down the drain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- It can be easy to just wash out your pan and whatever grease is left on it right after cooking, but you could be doing real damage to your pipes and the public sewer system when you do. Here's what you need to know. The following is a transcript of the video:
Bacon grease isn't just bad for you, it's bad for your pipes too. Grease can build up in your pipes. It can clog the pipes and be difficult to remove.
But the situation gets worse when the grease hits the sewers where it combines with everyone else's fats and greases. The fats in the grease get broken down over time. They become fatty acids and glycerol. The fatty acids bind with calcium in the sewers creating a soap-like compound.
These fat globs can cling to high-rising sewers. They're sometimes called "fatbergs." These fatberg clogs can get really big. A 17-ton fatberg was once found in a British sewer. The clogs block the sewer, causing backups. They can be removed by power washing the sewers, but that can take weeks.
If you have leftover fat, don't dump it down the drain. Let it solidify and throw it in the trash. Soak up what's left in the pan with a paper towel. If you do get any down your drain, it's easy to remove. Just pour down a mixture of boiling water, vinegar, and baking soda. But, the less grease you let go down the drain, the better chances of sewer waste never coming out of your faucet.
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Sewer waste will never come out of your faucets. Experienced plumber talking here. Most city sewer mains and waste water treatment plants can easily handle grease. Unless you live in Nigeria, you should run lots of hot water down the drain with the grease to get it out of your pipes in your house. City mains are huge and unless the entire city dumps a gallon of grease at once in the winter... there should never be a problem. The 17 ton grease shown previously was likely due to old improperly maintained city waste water mains. Hoard your grease if you like, and send it to the dump if you like, but really... its ok to go down the drain too.
Matt Wright Really?
Yes really. Hot water. No problems. Rinse anything that is not water down the drain properly. Toothpaste, etc same thing. Hot water, not for a long time, enough time for hot water to run from the sink to outside your house ( quicker than you think )
Matt Wright Hot water even liquifies resin from water pipes
Yep
"Unless you live in Nigeria" fucking killed me
I hope no ship will hit the fatberg.
XxTigerReaperxX hahaha this made me laugh so hard as I imagined Rose crying to a greasy blob "I'll never let go" 😂😂😂😂
insert "my heart will go on" (recorder version) here lol
XD
0:14; it can be very difficult to remove
1:06; If you do get any down the drain, it's easy to remove
🤦♂️
rollercoasterben Cube lol
Cuz fuck logic
It said it can clog the pipes and be difficult to remove.(if u do it for a long time)
And the other one mean if u accidently do it once.
I think the same too
It's not the same situation..
0:13 Difficult to remove
1:05 Easy to remove
It's called narrative building
Tell burger king this lol
GamerMarcus468 have it you're way
Preston Castillo Your*
GamerMarcus468 Actually Burger Kings pay for truck to come collecting their grease
Restaurants collect grease in barrels and pay someone to transport them away
VinnY h actually a truck comes and offers Burger King for the grease.
it's pretty much the same thing of what happens to your arteries over the years
So I can drink Bleach and It'll clean my system?
Well, it will certainly clean you out of the system >.>
Carlos Leal it's easy to remove... get a mixture of boiling water, baking soda, and vinegar
Actually Carlos that's a massive misconception. That's not how fat works in the body at all.
James Garvey okay doctor explain
I never knew why my dad always let the grease/oil sit in a jar and then continue to do that until it was full, and now I know why :) it was for a good cause
I found it quite easy to save up all my bacon grease in a large mason jar. When the jar fills up, I heat up all the solid grease and pour the whole jar down the drain at once. Works great!
Some people just want to see the world burn
Modern problems require modern solutions 😭
This is such a great life hack! Teaching it to my family so we can all keep the earth safe and healthy!
I just add a candle wick and next camping trip or next rare blackout i can have light.
Oh ya it smells like what you cooked so don't mix them or it will smell terrible.
Had us in the first half!
mix your grease with lye and make bacon soap.
Nico Flihan Ay, that could be a legit business actually
Then use the remaining grease to make a slippery trail behind u as you run away from rotweilers.
Альберт Липаев they make an alarm clock that before you go to bed you put a piece of raw bacon inside it and in the morning it starts cooking it so you wake up to amazing bacon smell and a piece of freshly cooked bacon. so you're probably right. people love bacon.
your lyeing
First Last I lyeke these jokes
Well good thing I only pour paint down the drain...
Your pipes are going to dye.
Muzik Bike shut up smartass
Sorry mate, all out of sodium chloride.
XD
if sewer water is coming out of your faucet then you have some type of cross connection. You need a backflow preventer!
Galveston Texas Fishing sounds like a Watts 1" rpz should do the trick!
I mentioned cross connections during the week and was howled down, seems like some plumbers haven't heard of backflow prevention. Also woohunter is right about an rpzd. I duuno about you people but in Australia people are selling a new type of toilet seat which acts as a bidet, similar to the ones the Japanese use on their toilets. In my home state it's illegal for plumbers to install them but people still buy them and install themselves. The reason for this as stated by the authority is; the spray nozzle of the seat must be 1" or 25mm above the overflow level of the toilet pan, so as to make an air gap that the water cannot breach. All of this a hypothetical exercise as the nozzle would have to jam beneath the overflow level, the toilet would need to block and the water main at lower level would have to burst or be cut and create a syphon which could then draw sewerage back into the water supply. Muslims are fond of this seat because of their prayers 5 times a day and must wash their freckle afterwards, I kid you not. Most backflow prevention is a what if situation but authorities must cover their own backsides because of litigation.
omg... I had to go back.. he DID say "faucet"! lol
Gordon Booth freckle?
Why did he say faucet but the sewer water was coming out of the drain 😂
So basically this is to prevent the sewer from having a heart attack?
It's more like a stroke
@@HAL-dm1eh 0o0 how ?
Fatbergs are beautiful too #stopfatbergshaming
Chris Bolar fatberg lives matter. lol
#NotMyFatberg
Chris Bolar #FatbergsAreTheEnemy #NeverForgetFatanic
Chris Bolar 😂😂😂😂
😂😂
Short, sweet, and to the point. Brilliant.
I'm suprised the 17 ton fatberg wasn't found in America's sewers .
Erick Flores There are plenty of 17 ton fatbergs, just in America, not the sewers.
Erick Flores we had it wrong all along.
The Tank Channel stolen
Or build a methane generator and put it in there and I can heat your house during the winter
This is why we eat the grease instead.
how many of you exist?
khhnator too much my friend... too much
Clorox Splash-Less Bleach can I drink you instead
Trevor MacDonald I will allow that.
Clorox Splash-Less Bleach I like spaghetti
Do not throw your bacon grease away. I filter mine using a fine mesh strainer and keep it in my fridge for use. I use it just like I would butter but for foods I want to add a bit of smoky bacon flavor like when frying up onions to make chili. I've even heard you can use it as a substitute for lard in pie crusts to get a savory crust!
Our ancestors used all of the animal and when used sparingly it can be just as fine as using butter to cook.
Vegetable oils are often created by using chemicals (try to buy cold pressed oils to avoid this) and oils like olive oil have low smoking points which can create carcinogens in your food.
1st world problems
Says grease is difficult to remove from piping…later says it's easy with just hot water vinegar n baking soda
ur dumb
I don't that you payed enough attention
Ivan T ikr I was waiting for someone else to relize this
Andy Liu how? That's what the vid said
2017 7102 it's doesn't requiere to pay close attention the vid is literally a min n a half n is very noticeable. Also u forgot the know between don't and that
Guys, have anyone else noticed that this is the perfect symbolism for a heart attack? The fat gets stuck in the pipes and causes block ups JUST like how the veins in your body can clogged up by fat AS WELL causing a heart attack? Coincidence?
I found an intelligent person in the TH-cam Comments. I am very proud.
So therefore, if I inject boiling water, vinegar, and baking soda into my veins the problem will be solved!
Absolutely!
the more you know
i agree this must be related
no it cant be a coincidence, it must be the CIA.
Let's give the sewer guy a job. Please continue to poor grease in sewers. Let's keep jobs local.
Oh my god
DJP Influx Lets give you a sewer job and see how you do.
Yeah I'll GP buy some grease
Zak Luu jobs a job
Klorgiest there's more white on welfare then Asians and blacks combined . And please don't refer African Americans as black as not all of us are like this . Nice try tho
i have a test tomorrow
but i dont regret watching this
Avatar checks out.
Darnit Productions same
who the fuck cooks bacon like that ? pissin me off
DaBTEDI Rhymes with "Light Keeple" .
DaBTEDI how are you supposed to? (i don't cook ever but I'm in the process of learning)
+CoPezz Lay them Parallel to each other.
generally, when cooking something you want the item you are cooking to touch the fuckin pan. novel concept.
Yeah, that and who cooks 2 pieces at a time?? Thats what I was wondering most about...
Who would let such delicious grease go to waste anyway?
I'm pretty sure nobody throws bacon in the toilet
Tactix Nobody?
If it's for yo TH-cam *views* why not?
Youre joking, right
howtobasic
I'm pretty sure you're so dumb
i work in mcdonalds, more grease gets flushed down the sink than water :x
Edward Greenan At six flags, they have us dump all the grease in this HUGE black bin and it gets carried away by this truck. God knows where it goes..
yeh we empty the troughs in the big black bin but we have to spray the residue out in the sink, so you can imagine the amount of fat bergs mcdonalds is creating lol
mcdonalds is everywhere bro
uh you do know there grease traps in the lines at all restaurants built after 1990 right lol they get cleaned out frequently
yeah at mcdonalds they are supposed to use the black grease bin hardly any grease ended up in the sink we just left it in a giant pot in the cooler then poured it when it got full
No ads? No sponsoring products? What's the catch here, I don't understand
Its all about the grease man.
Well i can tell they are vegans - the false "grease is bad" bs in the beginning.
"False 'grease is bad' bs"
Hope you're being sarcastic.
Zack I know right dafuck
+Alexander M He's actually correct. The grease found primarily in bacon will only ever put you at a disadvantage if you have a largely inactive lifestyle.
I don't pour grease down the drain, I pour it down my mouth
0_o
I want to puke tf
We need more educational videos like these. Do one on polution
Or one on spelling!
the more grease you put down the drain keeps somebody working.
your bad hombres lol
johnny rizzo Broken window fallacy.
John Doe when my dad took me to wendy' as a kid, he would always say leave your tray on the table, that would create a job for someone to clean tables.
johnny rizzo lol
johnny rizzo yes when I. Was little my dad told me to take a shit anywhere but the toilet at public bathrooms so someone would clean it :)
But if I don't pour out my grease in the drain, power washers will lose their jobs!
Tech insider is liberal confirmed.
Can I still take my greasy dumps?
"I want to combine with your fats and greases."
And that's the story of how I met my wife.
I poured half a gallon of grease down the drain after watching this video.
Doge Viper omg...me too
>your house had a sewage backup.
I love your name
Your sewer.exe has stopped working.
Would you like to close the program?
(Yes) (No)
Wait, use water, baking soda, and vinegar? I think I learned something about that in science school....
Let's be real i am not gonna keep grease in a jar i am just gonna dumb it in the swears
Anas saleh is this a thing where you come from? where i live nobody dumbs it in the sewers, we get buckets to put our greases in and if you get caught you accually have to pay a fine
Anas saleh *dumb
Yes you used the right word.
no, it could go into my faucet and flood my house/apartment
sooooo, yeah
Anas saleh So, Selfish? Or what, "Dumb"? I don't know. You choose.
Anas saleh we don't have sewers were I live! Everyone has a well and a tank. After a month we clean it out. We *never* have had any sewage coming up our pipes,and never had had any pipe blockage.
Bacon grease just isn't bad for you, it's freakin' delicious.
I just let it cool and drink it.
Alcoholic Gaming dont! You will clog your arteries and maybe get a heart attack because it has fats!
Nice! idiots are growing
I skipped over this, then came back and read this with WTF in my mind XD
IDT MEXX Thats so fucking gross
its a fucking joke
Ain't nobody got time for that baking soda combo
Real deal that Dosent give you the right to judge him plus no one has time for that
Axcel does gaming well he keep pour grease down the drain, which is bad for all of us.... he didnt even try to create a world where we can fairly live together... why the world still want his existence?
Real deal ever hear of this magical thing called
"Grammar"? Look it up.
The 1944 Tanker Ever heard of magical thing call "use your brain"?
Not everyone on the intetnet are from English :D and pointing out grammar on the internet is like an newbie. Lmfao
Real deal all I'm saying is, if your going to type, or say, something in English, just watch your grammar. It makes everyone's life easier when we don't have to decode a crappy TH-cam reply.
I use mine as lube
yeah that's what i do when i have left over grease... let it solidify and throw it in the trash. but man that "fatberg" found in the UK. WOw!
I've literally been doing this for years and have never had any problems.
Not my problem....
This.
Its literally not my problem
Bacon grease makes great lube. You're welcome.
Up ya ass
Eww
Rub my ass cheeks with I CANT BELIEVE ITS NOT BUTTER.
You're just fucked up
How did you find out about that
Not my problem
Once it's in the sewers, it's not my problem :)
The Doctor 5 minutes and I'm still laughing at your reply... I'm very immature, aren't I?
thank u for that info, I appreciate it
should be trending as #1. It'll make people feel more cautious about Earth.
There's nothing wrong with Earth. and there will be nothing wrong with Earth after we die off. Our habitat may become unlivable, but the Earth as a whole is and will be fine.
James Gray as the moon slowly drifts out of ofbit
xPiano lol
+James Gray not until 5 billion years from now, from the inevitable death of our star. Woah that's dark. But true, not pouring grease down the drain doesn't have anything to do with earth.
The Brother34 Thing is... they are wrong... if you read an earlier comment he explains that city pipes can handle it
im dumb af and poured cold water into boiling oil
Janet Kyrie I think I have had read a news about fire you caused.
So the more i pour down the drain the more problems i create? Sounds like I'm creating jobs and helping the economy by dumping all grease down the drain! Now all my grease will go down the drain with a smile!!
The Rainbow Hater *You're...
What about the poor deep cleaners? They probably earn so much money because no one wants to do it, they'll lose their jobs.
Yeah but you still got to wait for them to clean out the pipes and until then you can't use your sink and pobably your shower and other faucets. If you didn't hear the video cleaning those messes would take weeks, so you're saying you would be okay to have you and others without water for an extended period of time? I'd hate to be your neighbor.
Austin Glover...The grease goes down the drain, not the water pipes. Still have access to water, but the drains may be backed up. MORE JOBS!!
TheKingOfToast
LOL
not my problem. let the city deal with it, I want my tax dollars used towards cleaning our sewers
jay matrix well if everyone kept doing this it's just another reason for the tax rate to go up...
jay matrix best comment dude
jay matrix city's job to check for that shit anyway.
As a civil engineer who has had to deal with this, the homeowner has responsibility of their pipe (called a lateral) until it leaves your property. So yes it is your problem and you should take care of it because it will cost you
RoMaN10 22
as a civil engineer; you obviously can't read....
ONCE IT LEAVES YOUR HOUSES PIPES....IT'S THE CITIES PROBLEM.
deal with it, nerd
not my problem
If your house was built before 1975 rip to your pipes because they are going to rot out bc that happened to my house right now bc the last owners did that
You contradict yourself. You say it's hard to remove and later said it's easy to remove.
Frocado another idiot
In a simple small pipe it's easy to remove small amount of grease.. But it's hard to unclog the sewer system when it's clogged with huge chunks of grease..
CONTEXT MATTERS!
Frocado do you know what cOnTeXt means?
North Korea never has these problems......
And we have food
Spyro the Dragon we dont?
*I'm a rebel! So I will do the complete opposite!*
Jose Ramirez were you not given enough attention in middle school
Bando H No need for it. I'm a lone wolf 😏😏😏
Jose Ramirez DONT swallow cyanide pills! ok...
Jose: Please, don't jump off a bridge or run into traffic, okay?
Poe Lemic Why would I do that, that's stupid.
I pour buckets of grease down my drains everyday I get in the shower and it's never caused me a single problem
what the fuck
Meanwhile in the middle of no where a worker say to the sewer" *_i hope whoever did this burn in hell right now_* "
Toby Conoley Yeah
But maybe another guy gets grease in his shower?
Toby Conoley there's always something that balances what you do.
Dont care not my problem
Based
Imagine actually having this as a problem
Ok so this video isn’t for you. As ricky gervais said it’s like looking at a poster advertising guitar lessons, and then going like ‘But I don’t f***ing want guitar lessons’ instead of just going on about your day.
The last message contains errors. "sewer waste coming out of your faucet"? Just goes to show how little some people know.
Explain, I am stupid.
Backflow prevention valve. Learn about it. Put it on your floor drains.
TH-camaholic2 and you probably ment to say "say" instead of saw.. lol
Emjay Davillier. Nice eye, I'll fix that.
*watches video* oh ok :)
*pours grease down toilet*
this is y I pay taxes for city workers to clean this shit up
Cmon who actually gonna do all this tho
I dont use grease. Just lubricant. hahahah
Sad little boy...
Why are you running a scam on your profile?
Don't Look At my ,, lO l itY
tips oa Aaron aso
Don't Look At my Profile boiling water, vinegar, and baking soda? nigga u tryna make a mini volcano?
And what are they going to do with that grease block? Throw it in the ocean? Wouldnt that cause more damage?
I blame Indian cuisine.
Don't tell me what to do
Krevon you're lazy.
Lol people are so lazy these days lol
I always wondered about *water wastage* , I mean whatever water we waste goes back to earth, so the amount of water from creation till now is the same on our planet, so can anybody explain how water can be wasted?
You're right, ofcourse. The only "waste" is throwing out fresh water. All water can be filtered, evaporated, and condensed back into fresh water, it just takes a lot of energy that nobody wants to pay for. Which is why we tend to get our water from the water table, springs, or lakes, before we look to the ocean.
No, whatever water you waste goes down the sewer and back into a filtration plant where it's filtered, sanitized, treated, and put back into the main water supply. Why do you think you pay a water bill every month? Water wasting is just a myth. Whatever water you waste just costs your mommy and daddy more money on their bill. End of story.
I literally just got done pouring a bucket of grease down the drain.
Now I will find a way to do this more often.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, EAT IT!?!? IM ONLY HUMAN.. ;(
:awkward:
Owo nice grease bulge
I really doubt this video is going to make a dent in any "fatbergs". Why even try?
I can't believe that people actually need a video explaining this.
I work at a major sewage treatment plant, and have to remove grease nuggets the size of garbage cans out of equipment on a regular basis. The horrors of working at a sewage treatment plant lol. Thanks for the video.
they charge me a drainage fee monthly so.... their problem! not mine! 👌
just drink the grease😂😂
YOURE FUCKING DISGUSTING UUHHJ
anhemnhaoc thats disgusting
Cenk from TYT does that
So what I hear you saying is, once it goes to the sewer it becomes someone else's problem.... sweet
I collect the fat and keep it the fridge. When I need to light my charcoal BBQ I get a few I put a couple of spoonfuls on newspaper and use it to light the coals. My neighbors love it. It's free and I suspect it's no worse than charcoal lighter.
meh im still gona do it
who gives a shit that's their job to clean the sewers
You do! Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh get rekt! 😎😎😎😎😎😮😮😮😮😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😮😮😮😮😮😎😎😎😎😉😉;););););) dab dab dab dab!
Jeremy Jou what that was terrible
LMAO SLAY BISH
Of course it is but there's something called being "considerate" you should look it up someday.
Frfr, you wouldn't throw your candy wrapping on the floor instead of a bin when you notice a janitor passing by, would you?
Jeremy Jou how cringey are you
wow.. um. thank you, this has to be one of the most useful and informative things I've watched on TH-cam in a long time.
my mom taught to never pour it down and always jar it, now I know why, it's a good habit.
im gonna poor that shit down the drain no matter what, aint got no time for baking soda vinegar chemical shit foh
And this is why global warming is happening.
10/10 grease cause global warming.
pipes get clogged regardless so fuck off with that global warming shit.😹
NightSpared I Gizelle what the hell is y'all issues. 😂 take a chill pill, I said pipes get clogged regardless, How about you clean the pipes? you're the one talking about global warming in the first place
People like you are the reason I always regret looking at youtube comments. That said, it's nice to see just how stupid some people are.
*It's always the common folk who need to do extra shit, why can't the billionaires do it instead?*
Because they are too busy running things, you are too poor and need a job. Get over it.
Also, I have known a couple billionares who do their own house and yard work.
*Because the billionaires have always been helping, we just don't dwell on them.*
Because if billionaires did this work then no poor people would have jobs and the economy would fall into even deeper shit.
We never dump grease dow the drain as it could clog our pipes of course. If we do, we run hot water for a few minutes. We usually put our grease in a can.
I don't waste bacon grease..I use it to fry eggs....lunch meats...cornbread....and use it for my skillets!! It's very good for you. I am 75 years old and have been using it since I was 19. never had anything wrong with my heart! nor any weight gained.
This is just like a radio commercial telling people not to top off their fuel tank, cut the grass after 7 pm, park in the shade, walk to work. Nobody does it.
God bless all the men and women who clean up these disgusting abominations. They should be respected as much as soldiers and veterans.
I mix it with Dawn so it's ok. 30 years ago I met a guy who worked at the sewage treatment plant. He complained about grease clogging the sand filters.
We usually just throw it out or put vinegar in the pan so that it comes off of the pan and makes its way to the forrest.
We have dogs, so we pour the extra grease, if there is any, into their food and mix it in. They LOVE it.
I pour it down the toilet, the flushing helps to churn the grease. Its also got wide bore pipework, so its all good.
That doesn't affect the problem with the sewer system, however.
I mixed a 5 gallon bucket of backing soda with a couple gallons vinegar and my house exploded, what now?
Better yet don't dump your grease at all, grease has literally hundreds of uses. It burns, it lubricates, some greases can eat rust and protect metal. In the days of steam, before they invented the drip oiler, they used to drop a huge lump of tallow down the blast pipe, to keep the cylinders lubricated.
i knew i was doing the right thing when i always do exactly the same thing. put them in jar to solidify then throw it to the trash. sometimes i would even throw it straight to the bin.
I just got an ad before the video trying to sell me "Draino". Ironic product placement. Figured I'd share since it gave me a laugh.
This is also relevant for our own pipes, if you know what I mean
if it gets in your drain it is difficult to remove, but if you do get it in your drain don't worry it's not difficult to remove.
me: STOP DUMPING YOUR GREASE IN THE DRAIN
neighbor: why
me: SEWAGE IS COMING OUT OF MY SINK AND FLOODING THE HOUSE
neighbor: not my problem
My brother and I use bacon grease as a substitute for butter. Not like we have some diet, just trying not to waste useful things.
If I remember right, Tyler Durden said you can actually use the grease and fat to make soap, if you have lye. If one were so inclined.
there should be a design that prevents the pile from backing up sewage, make it like a one way traffic pile, things can only go down but can come up.