4th Annual Used Cooking Oil Recycling Day Saturday, November 30

4^th Annual Used Cooking Oil Recycling Day Saturday, November 30 

Holiday cooking can produce a lot of fats, oils and grease known as FOG. Getting rid of large amounts of FOG can be a problem. Never pour FOG down the drain or flush it down the toilet. That can clog the plumbing inside your home and lead to backups in our sewer system. And dumping FOG on the ground is bad for the environment. Instead, bring your used cooking oil to the 4^th Annual Used Cooking Oil Recycling Day.  This year, Evansville Water and Sewer Utility (EWSU) will partner with American Grease and Septic and the City Engineer’s Office to accept used cooking oil from residential customers. The goal is to dispose of FOG properly to protect customers’ pipes and our City’s sewers.

Used Cooking Oil Recycling Day

When: Saturday, November 30

Time:  8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Sunrise Pump Station, 1200 Riverside Drive

“When residents participate in handling their used grease responsibly, not only do they keep it from causing expensive sewer overflows,” said Chris Musack, president of American Grease and Septic, “they are contributing to a true recycling process that supports our transportation and commerce industry. This used grease is fuel that keeps our trucks on the roads and our stores stocked.”

A grease waste station will be set up in the parking lot between Sunrise Pump Station and the new skatepark to collect the used oils. The entrance to the parking lot is located across from Shawnee Drive at Veterans Memorial Parkway.(See map below) Only used cooking oils and grease will be accepted, such as canola oil, corn oil, lard, olive oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, vegetable oil, and meat drippings. Petroleum oil waste will not be permitted.

This is a free service for EWSU residential city and county customers only. To learn more about fats, oils and grease prevention, visit ewsu.com/FOG.