LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
Lufkin's recycling center is now collecting
used cooking oil just in time for the holiday season. The city says if residents dispose their used
oil in the wrong way, it could cause problems with the local sewer system and water
treatment. Cooking oil can be recycled and used for different things like
alternative fuel.
"The cooking oil
can be recycled. Many people don't know that. They just finished frying their
thanksgiving turkeys and they're wondering what to do with this left over
cooking oil or they're planning on using more cooking oil for the Christmas
season, so by properly disposing of the cooking oil you're helping the
environment," Amanda Anderson, Angelina Beautiful/Clean Executive Director, said."
Used cooking oil can be
brought to the recycling center at 500 Southpark Dr. and
dumped into the labeled container Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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