In 2009, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment and the Town of Chapel Hill's Stormwater Management Division began a partnership under a grant from the Wallace Genetic Foundation to develop water pollution prevention training materials for food service  managers and employees.

Food service managers and supervisors  receive posters, videos and guides when they attend a train-the-trainer workshop.  They may also call Chapel Hill Stormwater Management at 919-969-7246 for presentations.

Video:  Keep Restaurant Pollution and Profits From Going Down the Stormwater Drain

Video: La Historia de Jorge: Como Los Empleados de Restaurante Pueden Proteger Nuestra Agua (with English subtitles)  

Poster: English

Poster: Spanish  

Fact Sheets

• Stop Restaurant Pollution Factsheet
• Making and Using a Spill Kit
• A Manager's Checklist For Reducing Stormwater Pollution
• Restaurant Water Pollution Costs Factsheet

Chapel Hill Training Materials

• Restaurant Managers' Guide to Pollution Prevention
• Document of Completion for Certificate
• Sample Certificate

Congratulations to the following food service establishments whose staff supervisors trained their employees and made remarkable changes to protect our waterways:

    *The Stratford Assisted Living Dining Services
    *Hunam Restaurant
    *The Agora at Granville Towers
    *The Lantern

Businesses may contact Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) regarding sanitary sewer or grease traps.

Small quantities of hazardous waste from businesses are accepted without charge at the Orange County Landfill's household hazardous waste center on Eubanks Road.  More information

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