Green and Environmental   goslyn™  grease traps recycle grease, do not create landfill waste or create sewer blockages

Corporate Social Responsibility
Responsible Grease Management

Reduce Landfill Waste

Your restaurant has a 50 lb grease trap. (small restaurant) You pump it out 12 times per year. (recommended)

Your restaurant alone would put 600 lbs of grease sludge (brown grease) per year into city landfill or hazardous waste sites.

If there are 100 restaurants in your city, then approximately 60,000 lbs of grease sludge (brown grease) per year would be deposited into landfill sites.

The City of Barrie issued  153 restaurant licenses in 2008

The City of Niagara Falls issued  280 restaurant licenses in 2008

The City of St. Catharines issued  170 restaurant licenses in 2008

The City of Mississauga issued over 1500 restaurant licenses in 2008

The City of Brampton issued over 1100 food handling licenses in 2008

The City of Oakville issued over 500 food shop licenses in 2008

The City of Oshawa issued approximately 580 food shop licenses in 2008

The City of Kingston issued approximately 350 food premises licenses in 2008

Restaurants in Canada generate nearly 200 million kilograms of used fryer grease every year. Restaurant grease that goes to landfill leaves a substantial environmental impact. There is a solution to this environmental issue. goslyn™ grease traps.

goslyn™ collects 99.6% of all fat, oil, and grease from effluent. Pipes and drains never get clogged or blocked. Grease will not enter  the sewer or septic systems.

Stop Sewer Blockages

What are the chances you  will see a restaurant owner initiate a weekly or daily grease trap cleaning? In most cases, the proper time period is one week or less. Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOG) that pass through grease traps are too contaminated for recycling, increase municipal maintenance costs and create tremendous difficulties for treatment at sewage plants. FOG will build up over time, constrict the flow of wastewater and eventually cause sewers to back up into homes, overflow sewage into streams, lakes and rivers.

Traditional  grease traps collect only 85%  of the grease from the effluent. When traditional grease traps do not have regular maintenance then 40-60% of the grease bypasses the traps. This grease is going directly in the sewer or septic system. A full grease trap allows 100% of the fat, oil, and grease to enter  the drain.

Increase Employee Satisfaction

"An unpleasant kitchen environment will always be reflected in the food that goes to the customer"

Employee satisfaction is a measure of how happy workers
are with their job and working environment. Restaurant employees do not want to go near the grease trap due to the rank smell. Many employees have quit their restaurants jobs as opposed to cleaning the grease trap. Unfortunately, owners or managers must perform this task. Accident liability insurance  premiums go out of sight, from frequent falls or injuries caused by grease slick floors from drain backups. A municipal employee mentioned that after 20 years on the job he had come across a lot of odours but, nothing came close to the stench of a grease trap. Anyone in food services knows the horrors of grease traps. There is something more hideously toxic about a grease trap than about anything else in the known world. One municipal board suggests that restaurants delegate an employee, to insure that the Grease Trap is being properly maintained. The job of grease trap monitor is an unwanted responsibility.

A dishwasher at an established restaurant chain bragged that their grease trap had not been opened in years. When asked why the grease trap had remained shut for ten years the employee answered "Why would I want to open that grease trap thing, the stink would be overwhelming".

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