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Where to dump cooking oil?

  • 08-02-2010 5:05pm
    #1
    kraggy
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    Was going to post this in the cookery section but my real concern is doing damage to pipes etc so said I'd put it here.

    Have a few large bottles of cooking oil gone past their date for dumping but not sure where to put it. Down the toilet would cause blockage possibly, same with sink.

    So where should I dump it.
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    I soak it with bird food and give it to them before that i put it into a 2 ltr plastic bottle when cooled an throw it in my bin.


  • #3
    Thoushaltnot
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    Alot of the large recycling centres have facilities for taking used cooking oil - you could give your nearest one a call. I'm sure it would be equally welcome.


  • #4
    Joey the lips
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    Thoushaltnot wrote: »
    Alot of the large recycling centres have facilities for taking used cooking oil - you could give your nearest one a call. I'm sure it would be equally welcome.

    I reckon we will be filter cleaning it soon and adding it to our diesel.


  • #5
    CJhaughey
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    Joey the lips wrote: »
    I reckon we will be filter cleaning it soon and adding it to our diesel.

    No good if it has had meat cooked in it, bad for the injectors.


  • #6
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    No good if it has had meat cooked in it, bad for the injectors.


    OK. Then we will be making candles for when the lights go out ;)

    Facenating pce of info though.


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  • #7
    cnocbui
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    Poured on the garden, would it not get broken down by bacteria?


  • #8
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Poured on the garden, would it not get broken down by bacteria?

    Kill your grass/plant life I would Imagine. oil and water dont mix. Starve them of water.


  • #9
    jack of all
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭jack of all


    The heating engineer purists may cry foul, but in the past I've added old vegetable oil to the kerosene tank for my oil burner! Afterall a couple of litres of this mixed in with a few hundred litres of kerosene will ensure good dilution. Far batter than dumping it down the drain and overloading the council treatment plant.


  • #10
    gizmo555
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    jack of all wrote: »
    The heating engineer purists may cry foul, but in the past I've added old vegetable oil to the kerosene tank for my oil burner! Afterall a couple of litres of this mixed in with a few hundred litres of kerosene will ensure good dilution. Far batter than dumping it down the drain and overloading the council treatment plant.

    Interesting idea. Did it burn OK? Any fried food smells?


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