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A volunteer carves a deep fried turkey at a Thanksgiving dinner cooked and served by volunteers in the Staten Island borough of New cheap canada goose uk York November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
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Blockages cause sewers to overflow. sanitary sewer overflows a year, discharging up to 10 billion gallons (38 billion liters) of raw sewage.
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Grease is very big issue, he said.
To avoid home drain problems, experts have some advice:
Clean up oil and grease with paper towels and discard them. Or pour off the grease into a container, let it congeal, and discard the container in the trash.