Recycle Cooking Oil In Elmhurst

ELMHURST, IL — After cooking on Thanksgiving is over, you can recycle your cooking oil in Elmhurst on Saturday, Nov. 24. The city, in partnership with SCARCE (School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education), will host the event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the City of Elmhurst Public Works Facility (985 S. Riverside Drive).

The city said you can recycle your cooking oil into fuel by bringing your liquid cooking oil (no bacon grease or other solid animal fats) in a closed container. The oil collected will be recycled into biodiesel. This is a one-day event with the goal to make it easier for residents to properly dispose of their leftover or expired liquid cooking oil.

If you can’t make it to the collection event, there are several permanent cooking oil collection sites throughout DuPage County. For a list of locations and more information about Cooking Oil recycling, visit https://www.scarce.org/cooking-oil.

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