This Thanksgiving holiday, residents across Central Florida will use cooking oil to prepare their big feasts and in some cases even deep fry a turkey as part of the festivities.
But what can residents do with all the grease or oil left-over after cooking?
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, the City of Orlando is hosting a free used cooking oil recycling event at City Hall to collect the oil and grease from this year’s Thanksgiving feasts.
By recycling used cooking oil over the Thanksgiving holiday, Orlando residents are helping prevent thousands of gallons of used cooking oil from ending up in local landfills and clogging sewer systems.
This event is part of Green Works Orlando, the City’s sustainability initiative to engage everyone who lives, works and visits Central Florida in the effort to “go green.” To engage more residents in the effort, the City has launched GreenWorksOrlando.com. This interactive forum allows Orlando residents to provide feedback and further the ideas of other residents as to how to continue to make Orlando a more sustainable and livable community. These suggestions will be used as the foundation for Orlando’s future sustainability plans.
The following types of oils can be recycled:
- Grease leftover from cooking of animal fats (i.e. bacon grease)
- Vegetable Oil
- Corn oil
- Olive oil
- Peanut oil
- Sesame oil
- Soybean oil
- Sunflower oil
- Canola oil (Rapeseed oil)
- Lard
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Rotunda, City Hall
400 South Orange Avenue
Parking in the City Commons garage will be validated.
YEAR ROUND COOKING OIL RECYCLING:
Parking in the City Commons garage will be validated.
YEAR ROUND COOKING OIL RECYCLING:
Citizens can make an impact in their community and the environment by recycling used cooking oil all year long. For a listing of locations, visit their website or call 407.246.2213.
