Grease Trap Cleaning Kyneton

Grease trap rules in Kyneton

Kyneton’s sewer is run by Coliban Water, and its trade waste consent sets the minimum cleanout frequency for your grease trap. Coliban also covers Castlemaine, Malmsbury and Tylden, so these rules apply across much of our home patch.

Coliban’s trade waste fact sheets set out these requirements.

• A pre-treatment device is required. Trade waste customers must have a grease interceptor trap, or a similar device, installed before waste goes to sewer.
• New traps start at 600 litres. All new grease interceptors must hold at least 600 litres unless Coliban approves something different.
• Your consent sets the frequency. The consent states the minimum cleanout interval, and Coliban can ask for more frequent cleanouts if problems come up.
• A licensed collector must do it. Cleanouts must be carried out by an EPA licensed waste collector.
• The whole trap is emptied. Coliban expects the entire contents pumped out and the internal surfaces cleaned, not just the fat skimmed off the top.
• Installation follows the plumbing standard. Interceptors are connected in accordance with AS 3500.2.

Your food business is registered with Macedon Ranges Shire Council, which inspects kitchens and handles food safety. Grease trap size and frequency are Coliban’s call, not council’s.

Who we service in Kyneton

We pump out grease traps for any Kyneton business that cooks or prepares food. On Piper Street and Mollison Street that’s mainly cafes, bakeries, restaurants and wine bars. Around town it also includes the pubs, sporting clubs, school canteens, childcare centres and aged care kitchens.

Food producers need a mention of their own. Small-batch kitchens making pies, terrines, smallgoods or baked goods for wholesale often run longer hours than a cafe, and their traps fill accordingly.

Scheduled servicing and records

Set your visits to the interval in your Coliban consent and you won’t need to think about it again. We’ll put you on a repeating booking, and you can move a visit if it clashes with a festival or event weekend.

Every pump out comes with an EPA waste certificate, and we email Coliban Water the details of each job we complete. Keep the certificate with your consent paperwork. If Coliban asks for more frequent cleanouts after an inspection, we’ll change the schedule to match.

What affects the cost

The size of your trap and the state it’s in drive most of the price. We don’t publish prices, but these are the things that move a quote.

• Trap size in litres. A 600 litre trap is the starting point for new installs, while older or larger venues may have more.
• How long since the last pump out. A trap on a tight schedule is faster to empty than one with a hard fat cap.
• Where the trap sits. Some older Piper Street buildings have traps in rear courtyards or under floors with tight access.
• Timing. Early morning, after-close and emergency visits cost more than a standard weekday booking.

Being local means travel is a small part of the cost for Kyneton businesses.

Signs your trap needs pumping

A sour smell in the kitchen and sinks that drain slowly usually mean the trap is full. Look out too for fat building up around the lid, floor wastes that gurgle when the dishwasher empties, or water pooling in the courtyard. Don’t wait for the scheduled date if you see these.

We also clean triple interceptors for Kyneton workshops and wash bays, and we’re EPA licensed to carry triple interceptor waste. Both can be done on one trip.

Bakeries and food producers

Bakeries and production kitchens often need a different schedule from a cafe. Butter, pastry and batter washings carry a lot of fat, and a kitchen that bakes overnight for wholesale can fill a trap in a fraction of the time a lunch cafe takes. Your Coliban consent sets the minimum, but it’s worth watching how fast your trap actually fills in the first few months and adjusting from there.

For producers that bake or cook through the night, we can pump the trap during your quietest hour, whether that’s mid-afternoon or first thing in the morning.

For other towns in the region, see grease trap cleaning in the Macedon Ranges, or the Melbourne side at grease trap cleaning in Sunbury.