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Recycle Your Thanksgiving Cooking Oil

The city has six locations for you to recycle your cooking oil.

The City of Los Angeles City Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation is encouraging chefs to consider life after Thanksgiving for their cooking oil.

The bureau is accepting recycled household fryer oil at local S.A.F.E. (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, Electronics) Centers, Enrique C. Zaldivar, the bureau's executive director, said today.

"Oil will be recycled for fuel and energy," Zaldivar said in a statement.

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"If you are frying a turkey for the holiday, remember pouring the oil down the kitchen sink or drain can clog your house plumbing and sewer pipes and may cause sewage backups and overflows,"  Zaldivar said. "Recycling fryer oil will help protect our environment as you celebrate the holidays."

A maximum of 10 gallons will be accepted in any single donation, Zaldivar said No oil will be accepted from businesses.

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Recycled oil should be delivered in a closed, leak-proof container to one of six S.A.F.E. Centers at the following locations:

NORTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES L.A.-Glendale S.A.F.E. Center 4600 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles 90030 Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m. and “ 3 p.m.

EAST VALLEY Randall St. S.A.F.E. Center 11025 Randall St. Sun Valley, CA 91352 Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

NORTH VALLEY Nicole Bernson S.A.F.E. Center 10241 N. Balboa Blvd. Northridge, CA 91325 Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

EAST LOS ANGELES Washington Blvd. S.A.F.E. Center 2649 E. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90021 Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

HARBOR Gaffey St. S.A.F.E. Center 1400 N. Gaffey St. San Pedro, CA 90731 Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

PLAYA DEL REY Hyperion S.A.F.E. Center 7660 W. Imperial, Gate B Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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