Tips for Trouble-Free Plumbing
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Please follow these tips to prevent clogs, avoid costly repairs, and help protect the environment.
Kitchen
Sink Drain, Garbage Disposal & Dishwasher
1. Before washing pans and dishes (whether manually or in the dishwasher), scrape food
scraps into the trash.
2. Pour cooled grease and cooking oil into a disposable container, store it in the freezer to
harden, then put it in the trash.
3. Never allow these to go down
the drain or garbage disposal:
Grease
Greasy/fatty foods
Fat, lard, shortening
Meat drippings
Frying oil
Salad oil
Butter, margarine
Dairy products
Soups & Sauces
Coffee grounds
Produce stickers
Meat
Egg shells
Bones
Nuts
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4. Minimize use of the garbage disposal by putting food scraps in the trash, instead. If you
use the disposal, feed it small amounts slowly while running cold water.
5. Never pour chemicals, solvents, pesticides or paint products down any drain, inside or
outside the house. Do not put them in the trash. Bring them to the Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Facility for free, safe disposal.
Call 1-800-646-1431 or visit www.centralsan.org/hhw for more information.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment
5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553
Tips for Trouble-Free Plumbing
W
hatever goes
goes down
down drains
drains in
in your
your home
home enters
enters aa system
system of
of sewer
sewer pipes,
pipes, pumps
pumps and
and
hatever
wastewater
treatment
facilities.
The
treated
wastewater
is
eventually
discharged
into
wastewater treatment facilities. The treated wastewater is eventually discharged into
Suisun Bay
Bay or
or recycled.
recycled. Pipes
Pipes and
and pumps
pumps can
can be
be clogged
clogged by
by grease,
grease, wipes
wipes and
and other
other
Suisun
items. Treatment facilities are unable to remove all traces of chemicals and other pollutants from
household
products
that go
down
drains,
and these
pollutants
end up
in up
theinBay.
from household
products
that
go down
drains,
and these
pollutants
end
the Bay.
Please follow these tips to prevent clogs, avoid costly repairs, and help protect the environment.
Bathroom
Toilet, Sink, Shower & Bathtub Drains
1. Flush ONLY human waste and
toilet paper. Put these in the
trash, never in the toilet:
Disposable
Disposablewipes
wipes(even
(evenifif
labeled
“flushable”)
labeled “flushable”)
Femininehygiene
hygieneproducts
products
Feminine
Condoms
Condoms
Disposable
Disposablediapers
diapers(even
(evenifif
labeled
“flushable”)
labeled “flushable”)
Papertowels
towels
Paper
Cigarettebutts
butts
Cigarette
Dental
Dentalfloss
floss
Cotton
swabs
Cotton swabs
Cat
Catwaste
waste&&litter
litter(even
(evenifif
labeled“flushable”)
“flushable”)
labeled
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2. Prevent hair (from people and pets)
from going down the drain.
3. Never flush or pour unwanted
medications down a drain. Bring them
to a pharmaceutical collection site
for free, safe disposal.
Call 1-800-646-1431 or visit www.centralsan.org/hhw for more information.
4. Never pour chemicals, solvents, pesticides or paint products down any drain, inside or
outside the house. Do not put them in the trash. Bring them to the Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Facility for free, safe disposal.
Call 1-800-646-1431 or visit www.centralsan.org/hhw for more information.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment
5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553