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PHOENIX - Don't listen to any of the traditional gobbledygook when it comes to disposing of turkey grease after your Thanksgiving Day feast.

Pouring the grease down the drain clogs the pipes of many homes along with causing wastewater blockages and overflows in municipalities. There are environmentally conscious alternatives to disposal that not only protect wastewater infrastructure but can also help clean the air.

"Just say no to clogs and yes to turkey grease recycling," said Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director Benjamin H. Grumbles. "Thankfully, more households, businesses, and communities are seeing green by keeping fats, waste vegetable oils, and greases out of drains and sewers and converting them into clean-burning biodiesel fuel easily and cheaply."

Arizona offers several venues for grease collection that will ensure it is used locally for the production of clean burning fuel.

In Tucson, the Tucson Clean Cities Coalition, Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department and the recycling group Grecycle will be sponsoring a grease disposal drive on Friday, Nov. 27 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at:
O'Reilly Chevrolet, 6160 E. Broadway;
Pima County Industrial Wastewater Control Plant, 5025 W. Ina Road;
and the City of Tucson Water Plant #2, 1102 W. Irvington Road.