Shot on location in a sewer in the Highlands.
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disposing cooking fats
did you know?
- 55% of sewer blockages are caused by people disposing of cooking fat down their sink.
- Using detergents or bleach may appear to help, but this is only temorary as the mixture soon turns back to thick solid fat.
- It is an offence under the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 to dispose of fat, grease or oil down your sink.
- Blockages can cause waste water to flood into your home or garden creating a mess and inconvenience for you, as well as being a health hazard which harms wildlife and your local environment.
don't put your fat down the sink
Have you ever put your left over fat, oil or grease down the sink? Lots of us do this without realising that fat, oil and grease in liquid form may not appear harmful, but as it cools it congeals and hardens. It sticks to the inside of drainage pipes and restricts the waste water flow causing your sewers and drainage pipes to block. Over time this could stop your waste water running away, but it needs somwhere to go and this could cause your home/garden to flood. It may come up through kitchen sinks, toilets, baths or drains.
recycle your fat
You can recycle cooking fats by collecting it in a fat trap - a special platic pot with a screw top lid, or a yoghurt pot or similar sealable container. This is a safe option to collect fats, oils and grease whilst they cool and solidify. We then encourage you to dispose of it with your household rubbish - bag it and bin it!
free fat trap
If you are a Scottish Water customer and one of the first 200 to e-mail or write to us* telling how you dispose of your fats we will send you a FREE Fat Trap, as seen on BBC2’s ‘No Waste Like Home’ & ‘The F-Word’.
Don't worry if you are not one of the first 200 you can still put used fats and oils into an empty yoghurt pot or similar sealable container and dispose this with your household rubbish - bag it and bin it! 
For further information click on the useful links on the right to view/download a copy of our guide to disposing cooking fats leaflet.
*Scottish Water customers can write to us at Customer Marketing, Scottish Water, PO Box 8855, Edinburgh, EH10 6YQ or e-mail us at
customermarketing@scottishwater.co.uk
Find out what else you can do to avoid blockages in your drains in our
Bag it & Bin It campaign.
