News
Fryer Oil Collection Event - Nov. 29
ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASE: Published 11-12-2009
The City of Tulsa is partnering with the M.e.t. and Tulsa
Biofuels to collect used turkey fryer oil on Thanksgiving
weekend.
The event will be held Sunday, Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
the M.e.t. Recycling Depot located at 3495 S. Sheridan Road.
Tulsa Biofuels will pay ten cents per gallon to participants who
drop off any type of waste fryer oil. Once collected, Tulsa
Biofuels will convert the waste cooking oil into biodiesel, a
renewable sources of energy.
By dropping off your used oil on Nov. 29, you save landfill
space, and also help to prevent sewer blockages and overflows in
Tulsa.
Remember that you can drop off waste cooking oil at any M.e.t.
recycling depot any time of the year, or at the next Household
Pollutant Collection event, held each spring and fall at the Tulsa
County Fairgrounds.
For more information, contact Kristi Shreve at (918)
591-4361.
