# Grease trap pumping software that builds the route from what is actually due

> Grease trap pumping is the scheduled removal of fats, oils, grease and settled solids from interceptors at food service establishments before that material reaches the sewer. Frequency is set by local ordinance, commonly triggered at 25 percent of working depth, and sits under the national pretreatment programme in 40 CFR Part 403. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows happen each year. Neurobird builds the route from due dates and captures the manifest at the stop.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/greasetrap/
- Product: Neurobird Grease Trap Pumping Dispatch Platform
- Niche: grease trap pumping
- Buyer: grease trap pumping and liquid waste haulers
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Grease Trap Pumping does

- Hold every account with trap size, ordinance frequency and last pumped date
- Build routes from what is due rather than from memory
- Capture the manifest, volume pumped and signature at the stop, on a phone
- Produce the service record a municipality or a health inspector asks for without a truck search

## How it works

1. **Register the account and the trap** Trap size, type, location on site, ordinance frequency and last pumped date are captured once, so the next due date is computed rather than remembered.
2. **Build the route from due dates** The board fills itself from what is due this week, in geographic order, and a driver going out sick becomes a reassignment rather than a lost day.
3. **Capture proof at the stop** Volume pumped, manifest, photos and signature are taken on the phone at the kitchen door, and the record is filed against the account before the truck leaves.

## From the source material

> Full-cleaning of grease traps (removing all liquids and solids and scraping the walls) is a worthwhile investment.

Source: salisburync.gov, https://salisburync.gov/Government/Salisbury-Rowan-Utilities/FOG-Program

## Industry context

- **23,000 to 75,000** Estimated sanitary sewer overflows in the United States each year, with blockages among the named causes, which is why local grease programmes exist at all. (source: EPA, Sanitary Sewer Overflows, https://www.epa.gov/npdes/sanitary-sewer-overflows-ssos)
- **40 CFR 403** The general pretreatment regulations, the federal framework that local fats, oils and grease ordinances and hauler permits are written under. (source: eCFR, 40 CFR Part 403, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-N/part-403)
- **National programme** The national pretreatment programme sets how publicly owned treatment works control what commercial dischargers send them, including food service establishments. (source: EPA, National Pretreatment Program, https://www.epa.gov/npdes/national-pretreatment-program)
- **Local limits** Pretreatment standards and requirements are applied through local limits, which is why frequency and reporting rules change from one city to the next. (source: EPA, Pretreatment Standards and Requirements, https://www.epa.gov/npdes/pretreatment-standards-and-requirements)
- **Enforcement** Federal water enforcement actions are published, and a discharge violation traced back to an unserviced interceptor lands on both the establishment and its hauler. (source: EPA, Water Enforcement, https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/water-enforcement)

## Pricing

- Single truck: $79 per truck, per month
- Fleet: $189 per truck, per month
- Municipal contract: $349 per truck, per month

## Questions

### What is grease trap pumping?

Grease trap pumping is the scheduled removal of fats, oils, grease and settled solids from interceptors at food service establishments, so the material does not reach the sewer. Frequency is usually set by a local ordinance, commonly triggered when accumulated grease and solids reach 25 percent of the interceptor's working depth.

### Why do municipalities regulate this?

Because grease is a leading cause of sewer blockages. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates at least 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows occur nationwide each year, and grease is one of the named causes. Local fats, oils and grease programmes sit under the national pretreatment programme.

### What is the pretreatment programme?

The national pretreatment programme, set out in 40 CFR Part 403, requires industrial and commercial dischargers to control what they put into a public sewer. Local grease ordinances and hauler permits are how that reaches a restaurant kitchen.

### Does this replace our accounting software?

No. It handles routing, service records and disposal tickets. Billing data goes out to whatever you invoice with, with the volume and the signature attached to the job.

## Sources

- [EPA, National Pretreatment Program](https://www.epa.gov/npdes/national-pretreatment-program)
- [40 CFR Part 403, general pretreatment regulations](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-N/part-403)
- [EPA, Sanitary Sewer Overflows](https://www.epa.gov/npdes/sanitary-sewer-overflows-ssos)
- [EPA, Pretreatment Standards and Requirements](https://www.epa.gov/npdes/pretreatment-standards-and-requirements)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/