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, 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.
HOW:
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
Cooking oil should free of water, soap suds and food scraps, and should be transported in a clean, non-breakable, leak-proof container with a tight lid.
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.
