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Recycle your cooking oil in Jefferson County

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Map: Recycle cooking oil at 27 locations in Jefferson County.

Deep-frying the Thanksgiving turkey has grown in popularity over the years, and so has the oil needed to cook those birds. The average fryer requires 2 to 3 gallons of peanut or vegetable oil.

Rather than toss it — and pollute our water supply — home cooks have another option: recycling.

Jefferson County set up 17 stations (shown in blue) for residents to pick up containers and drop off used cooking oil and grease. Donors are asked to allow oil to cool first and use either the provided containers or non-glass containers.

The City of Hoover has been using alternative fuel since 2004, recycling cooking oil on site to use in municipal vehicles. It has its own 10 dropoff centers (shown in green): all nine fire stations and the library.

Hoover collects close to 10,000 gallons annually for recycling into bio-diesel fuel.

For more information on Jefferson County’s program, call (205) 238-3876. For more information on Hoover’s program, contact (205) 444-7655 or fire@ci.hoover.al.us.

deep-fried turkey

Photo: Joe (CC)

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