What to do right
It's really important to know what all the right things in life are. When it comes to Sewer Pollution, if you've been doing the wrong things all your life, the wrong things might feel right, and the right things might feel wrong.
The pages linked to below tell you the right things to do to avoid blocking your drains and sewers, and to avoid polluting the environment with your waste via the sewers.
Click the option which interests you most.
| Kitchen Sink Do's | Toilet and Shower Do's |
| - what do you do with things which should not go down the kitchen sink? | - what do you do with things which should not go down the toilet and shower? |
| Gully Trap/Stormwater Do's | Septic Tank Do's |
| - what do you do with things which should not go down the gully traps and stormwater drains? | - what do you do differently when you have a septic tank instead of a sewer? |
See our
Safe Disposal of Household Waste flyer (54k pdf)
for overall useful information.
You can also take a look at other things.
| Avoiding Problems | What to do wrong |
| - simple ways to avoid Sewer Pollution. | - what things you can do to block and pollute. |
| FOG & Sewer Litter | The Fat Trap tub |
| - what exactly does FOG and Sewer Litter do down there? | - a specially made, small, blue, plastic tub. Put your FOG in your little Fat Trap, instead of down your drain. |