SAN DIEGO –– Turkey makes a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, but the leftover oil not only clogs arteries, it also clogs pipes, which leads to sewage spills.
This year, cooking grease has led to 40,040 gallons of sewage to spill into local water just in the City of San Diego. San Diego Coastkeeper, which protects and restores swimmable, fishable and drinkable waters, offers these tips for properly disposing of leftover cooking fats, oils and grease.