Residents can recycle used cooking oil

Statesman Journal
By Stefanie Knowlton • Statesman Journal
February 11, 2009

Marion County will start picking up oil for use in biodisesel

Marion County is starting possibly the nation's first regular curbside pickup of used cooking oil for biodiesel.

Starting this month residents can recycle used cooking oil, secured in a clear container with a tight lid, in their red bins. A biodiesel plant in Salem will process the oil and within weeks use it to fill fuel tanks around Oregon.

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