Master plumber Tom McLaughlin has his own play on the phrase, “When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.” For the owner of Metro-Rooter Plumbing Services in Jacksonville, Florida, it’s more like, “When life gives you grease … you turn it into dollars.”McLaughlin, who founded his company as Certified Environmental Services in 1978, has made grease handling more than just a footnote to his company, which also provides plumbing contracting, lift station operations and repair, pumping services, septic and drainfield installations, industrial pipe cleaning and video. It’s a full-fledged profit center, recycling both yellow and brown grease.He’s been collecting yellow
