In an effort to reduce the amount of cooking grease that is building up in the region’s sewers, Metro Vancouver is partnering with the city of Surrey to deploy a pilot project to educate residents about how to properly dispose of their cooking grease.
The two slogans the campaign will use are “Grease Clogs Pipes” and “Wipe it. Green Bin it.” There will be many types of educational communication materials with these slogans, including emails, inserts on utility bills, Signs around the city, Flyers sent door-to-door, updates on municipal websites, among others.
Currently, many people put their cooking grease into the kitchen sink or toilet, but this program will encourage residents to change this behaviour and wipe their cooking grease into the green bin from now on.
The project is scheduled to run between November 2 and December 14. According to city staff, commercial grease will be tackled by a similar education campaign next year.
Metro Vancouver recorded sewage overflows in 2011 in White Rock and New Westminster due to grease build-up in sewage pipes. Similarly, the City of Richmond forked over $480,000 to repair a ruptured sewer main due to clogged grease.
It is believed that only a small number of restaurants currently comply with Metro Vancouver’s regulation to install grease traps.
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