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With Thanksgiving approaching, you may be thinking about pulling out your turkey fryer. After you enjoy the turkey, be sure to dispose of your cooled cooking oil properly. Pouring warm grease and cold oil down your drain causes major clogs in the pipes in your home and in sewers that run under our streets. Please NEVER pour fats, oil, or grease down the drain!
Instead, recycle your oil and grease through the Cooking Oil Recycling Program in Buncombe County. To recycle your used cooking oil, follow these simple instructions:
- Let the oil or grease cool to a safe handling temperature.
- Pour the oil into a jar or bottle with a lid.
- Take the oil to a cooking oil recycling bin. To find the bin nearest you, go to www.cookingoilrecycling.org.
- Carefully pour the oil into the recycling bin.
- Take your oil container home so that you can use it the next time you fry
Blue Ridge Biofuels picks up the used cooking oil and turns it into biodiesel, which can be used in any diesel engine. Biodiesel is better for the environment and produces fewer emissions than traditional diesel fuel. In addition, local biodiesel supports our economy and creates jobs here in Western North Carolina.