New regulations for grease traps at restaurants were unveiled Friday outside senator Tim Kennedy’s office in South Buffalo. The proposed legislation will enhance the safety laws for grease traps ...

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection cites grease as a major cause of back-ups in its 6,000 miles of sewers lines. The back-ups can lead to sewage entering homes and businesses, ...

During an emotional ceremony Tuesday, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo signed "Bryce's Law" to mandate greater safety measures around restaurant grease traps. The law requires all grease traps ...

Suppose the city where you live could show up at your house, demand that you dig a giant hole in your driveway or maybe the front lawn, plonk down a concrete box and reroute the pipes from your ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York lawmakers have proposed legislation in response to the death of a 3-year-old boy in Rochester who fell into an underground grease collection tank. The child fell through a ...

Hoping to reduce beach pollution, several Southern California coastal cities are exploring whether restaurants should be forced to install costly systems to dispose of cooking grease. But ...

BLOOMINGTONNational fast-food chains such as McDonald\'s are well-versed in the proper disposal of grease, which makes sense considering the amounts of fat used in each restaurant."The average store ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A desperate search for a missing 3-year-old ended in heartbreak Monday when the little boy was discovered in a grease trap outside of a fast-food chain in New York. Frank ...

Restaurant owners are asking town officials for more time to install costly grease-trap systems required under a new regulation meant to prevent municipal sewers from ...

A 3-year-old boy was killed after falling into a grease trap Monday morning outside a Tim Hortons restaurant on Rochester's east side. Rochester Police Department Investigator Francis Camp said that ...