A Thanksgiving byproduct is being turned into a biofuel thanks to an event put on each year by the University of Kentucky.

The annual gobble grease toss collects hundreds of gallons of cooking oil and keeps it out of drains.

We caught up with one of the researchers behind the project.

Our main goal is to transform different forms of biomass or other starting materials to as the name implies, sustainable and alternative fuels.

The grease toss is a pretty exciting partnership.

Folks in the community can take their youth cooking oil and dispose of it there.

The wood paper at school collects it, and on the Monday after Thanksgiving, they bring it here.

We keep a sample for our research purposes, and the remainder goes to Kelley Green Biofuels, which is a biofuels producer that ensures that the entirety of the youth cooking oil collected is converted to a renewable fuel.

What we really want to impress upon people is that pouring it down the drain is not a good idea.

This will hurt the pipes in your house and any bit that makes it to the sewer system can clog the sewer system and you can use your imagination.

This is this is not a good thing.

The annual the annual gavel grease toss will be this Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Redwood Cooperative School in Lexington.