The Drain Is Not a Disposal Route: Liquid Waste and Blocked Lines
A pot of stock down the floor drain coats the pipe and returns as a call-out. How fats and starch plug lines, and three ways to make the bin the easier route.
The Bin Wash Station: What Happens to Ninety Litres of Water per Bin
A depot washing 60 bins a day uses about 90 litres per bin. That is 5,400 litres a day, 1.3 million litres a year, carrying food solids, fat and detergent. In most depots it goes to a drain with a silt trap that gets cleaned when somebody remembers. The bins come out clean and the drain does not, an…
