How to Dispose of Grease & Oil this Holiday Season

Cooking up a feast this Thanksgiving? Remember to correctly dispose of your Holiday Meal’s Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOG) and never pour it down the drain. FOG has become the leading cause of drain and sewer backups. Since the grease doesn’t mix with water, it solidifies in the pipes.

The City's waste hauler, EDCO, provides two FOG recycling solutions. Cooking oil and grease in liquid and hardened form can be placed loosely in your green organics cart. EDCO also offers a free drop off at any of EDCO’s six Buyback Centers. Simply collect used, cooled FOG in a leakproof container and when the container is full, drop it off. The FOG will ultimately be processed, filtered, and recycled. When recycling, do not mix FOG with any other oils, such as motor oil or gear oil, that inhibit the process of recycling the FOG. Recycling FOG keeps grease out of landfills and prevents sewage backups related to its improper disposal, which can pollute our beaches.

The nearest EDCO Buyback Center locations:

Fallbrook Recycling & Transfer
550 W. Aviation Rd.
Fallbrook, CA

EDCO Certified Recycling Center
1373 Grand Ave
San Marcos, CA

Ramona Transfer Stations
324 Maple Street
Ramona, CA

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