Dallas Water Utilities contest promotes Cease the Grease campaign

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                          FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Oct. 17, 2016                                                   Helen Dulac – Dallas Water Utilities
                                                                        (214) 671-9525
                                                                        Helen.Cantril@DallasCityHall.com

Dallas Water Utilities contest promotes Cease the Grease campaign

Dallas – Fifteen lucky winners of the Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) Cease the Grease Fry Good, Do Good contest will attend an exclusive cooking class led by Abel Gonzales, the State Fair’s “King of the Deep Fryer.” Cease the Grease is a public education and awareness program that encourages everyone to properly dispose of fats, oils and grease.

Individuals may enter the contest by liking DWU’s Cease the Grease Facebook page and sharing or reposting the weekly tips on how to recycle or properly dispose of cooking waste through the month of October.

“The Fry Good, Do Good competition’s main mission is to raise awareness about the negative effects of improperly disposing of leftover cooking fats, oils and grease,” said Environmental Outreach Coordinator Helen Dulac. “By not pouring grease down the drain or garbage disposal, and recycling any used cooking oil, you can protect your home plumbing and prevent sewer back-ups into your home and neighborhood.”

Three winning contest entries will be randomly drawn every Friday for five weeks and will be notified via Facebook Messenger. Winners and their guests will attend a cooking class led by Gonzales, a five-time winner in the State Fair of Texas frying competitions. His winning creations include Fried Coke, Deep Fried Butter, Fried Cookie Dough and Fried Jambalaya

“We hope that by the end of this month, our followers on social media will become as passionate as we are about Cease the Grease,” said Dulac. “Working together we can protect homes and the environment from sanitary sewer overflows, and create electricity from used cooking oil.”

Join the #FryGoodDoGood conversation by following Cease the Grease on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or visit www.CeasetheGrease.org or www.DefendYourDrains.com.

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