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Protect Your Family, Community and Waterways from Sewer Backups and Overflows ---PAGE BREAK--- When poured down drains, fats, oils and grease (FOG) can solidify. This builds up and blocks plumbing, which leads to sewer backups in homes, onto streets and into local waterways. Clogged sewer lines can lead to expensive plumbing maintenance for you and the City. These simple tips can help you stay clog-free: • NEVER pour FOG down drains or garbage disposals. • Scrape food scraps into a compost bin or the trash instead of the garbage disposal. • Wipe dishes with paper towels to remove excess food residue and grease. • For large volumes of oil, like for deep fryers, reuse the containers the oil comes in and take the used oil to the Moscow Recycling Center. • For smaller volumes, like bacon grease, pour the grease into a container to cool for disposal. Come to the Water Building at 201 N. Main St. for a free Fat Trapper or Grease Can Lid. in the kitchen © 2017 Design Agency, Inc. wn and n solidify. d blocks leads to n homes, into local ged sewer expensive nance for can help G down drains or n For more information on proper grease disposal, call [PHONE REDACTED] or visit www.ci.moscow.id.us/water Solidified grease will stick to the inside of pipes, eventually growing to form a complete blockage. ---PAGE BREAK--- CLOG An overflowing toilet can ruin your home in an instant! Diapers Tampons, maxi pads & their applicators/ wrappers Whitening strips & their wrappers White & their wrap Cotton swabs & makeup pads Plastics and food wrappers Condoms and their wrappers Dental Floss Hair Just a small amount of household waste flushed down the toilet (or dumped down the drain or garbage disposal) can clog pipes and cause expensive and messy sewer backups in your home and our City. If you notice a sewer backup in your home, on or near your property, or on a street, call us first at [PHONE REDACTED], 24 hours a day. AVOID SEWER BACKUPS BY KEEPING THIS STUFF OUT OF YOUR TOILET Kitty litter Bandages & sticker backs Unused prescription drugs and over the counter medicines should be placed in the collection bin in the Moscow Police Department lobby. No liquids or syringes please. Call [PHONE REDACTED] for more information. Prescription and OTC medications Kitty Photo illustration © 2014 Design Agency, Inc. Did you know? ‘Flushable’ and ‘Disposable’ Cleaning Products are not flushable. Even if the package says flushable, or disposable, they should NEVER be flushed. They belong in the trash.