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'Gobble Grease Toss' | Here's a healthy way to dispose of your Thanksgiving cooking oil

The Gobble Grease Toss is a healthy way for people in Lexington to dispose of leftover oil from all the holiday cooking.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — City officials in Lexington had a post-Thanksgiving event to help citizens properly dispose of cooking oil.

The Gobble Grease Toss was at the Redwood Cooperative School on Crestwood Drive. Anyone with oil from their holiday feast is given the opportunity to it off, with no limit on amounts.

According to event organizers, it was a record crushing day! They collected about 548 gallons of cooking oil and 134 participants (cars).

Credit: City of Lexington, Ky
Friday, November 27, 2020 |Gobbler Grease Toss in Lexington, Kentucky.

In 2019, turnout was about 200 gallons of cooking oil; 65 (cars) participants.

The event is reserved for only people who live in Lexington city limits.

If you missed the event Friday, city officials say you should dispose of your unwanted grease by putting it in a disposable container, put that in the fridge to solidify, and then put the container in the trash. 

The grease will be recycled, a news release states. The city said it's their way of going green on Black Friday.

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