What to Do With That Oil From Your Holiday Turkey
Hillsborough County has launched a cooking oil recycling effort.
If your holiday plans include deep-frying a turkey – or anything else delicious – Hillsborough County has just the place to take cooking oil that is past its useful life. The Public Utilities Department has launched the Cooking Oil Recycling Effort (C.O.R.E.). It is a new program that offers residents a convenient way to recycle their used cooking oil. Free cooking oil jugs are available from five cabinets located in selected areas. Used, cooled cooking oil can be stored in the jugs or other sturdy, spill-proof, nonbreakable containers, capped securely, and taken to one of the cabinets. Look for the brightly colored C.O.R.E. cabinets at: Used cooking oils are a serious problem for home plumbing and Hillsborough County's wastewater …
