A bakery worker has been sacked after he was caught brazenly pouring cooking oil down a stormwater drain in Sydney's trendy eastern suburbs. A passerby filmed the worker outside The Grumpy Baker in Coogee on Sunday as he dumped the used oil into the waterways, and then shared the clip online. 'We were devastated to see this and have never encountered something like this before in our 24 years of running The Grumpy Baker,' Cthurmer said. It is illegal to dispose of chemicals, oils, paints and litter down stormwater drains in Australia as they connect to local waterways. 'Do not allow anything other than clean rainwater to enter the stormwater drain on or near your premises.'

Source: Daily Mail February 26, 2026 06:32 UTC