Episode 11: Free Grease Recycling Program for Jefferson County Citizens

Thanksgiving in the South usually means frying something, whether its a turkey, chicken or whatever.  Dana Gray from our Environmental Services Department wants you to know there is a better way to dispose of your household cooking grease. There are 21 locations in the county where you can go pick up a free plastic container, fill it up, return it, and get another one. Our partner, Birmingham Hyde and Tallow, recycles that grease and turns it into animal feed, biofuels, and cleaning products. Doing this keeps your pipes at home from clogging up and our sewer lines from overflowing. So stop by a location today and pick up a container ahead of Thanksgiving and the holidays!

Have an idea for a County podcast? Contact the Director of Public Information, Helen Hays at haysh@jccal.org