COH Recycle Used Cooking Oil 2013

[trymahjong]

Recycle Used Cooking Oil

The holidays are upon us and that means cooking turkeys, hams and other foods that either require cooking oils to prepare or that generate a surplus of grease when cooked.

Used cooking oils and greases, when disposed down the kitchen drain, cool, harden and clog the pipes. Diluting it in hot soapy water is NOT a solution. You can avoid possible clogged drains for the holidays by putting excess grease in a disposable container and put it in the trash or drop-off at a place that recycles and turns it into a usable product, such as biodiesel.

In conjunction with the City of Houston Solid Waste Department, the following locations are designated drop-off points residents can take used cooking oils/greases for recycling:

 

City of Houston Environmental Service Centers:

North:

Environmental Service Center
5614 Neches Street
Houston 77026
Phone: 713.699.1114
Second Thursday of each month - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

South:

Environmental Service Center
11500 South Post Oak Road
Houston 77035
Phone: 713. 551.7355
Tuesdays and Wednesdays - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Second Saturday of each month - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

West:

Westpark Consumer Recycling Center
5900 Westpark Drive
Houston 77057
Phone: 713.837.0311
Monday through Saturday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Private Service Center in the Heights Area:

Central:

Houston Biodiesel
1138 West 20th Street
Houston 77008
Phone: 713.222.0832
Monday through Friday - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
http://www.houstonbiodiesel.com/

 

 

For information about Corral the Grease or ways to properly dispose of used cooking grease visit http://www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/utilities/corral_grease.html.

To learn more about City of Houston recycling and sustainability efforts, visit http://www.greenhoustontx.gov/, http://www.codegreenhouston.org/ and http://www.houstonsolidwaste.org/.

[august948]

I usually pour waste grease in a bowl and let it solidfy overnight, then throw it in the trash.