Disposal of cooking oil…

Do you know where to dispose of frying cooking oil after making a delicious omelette?

Well, although not many people fry in their house anymore, whenever we do we throw the burnt oil down the sink drain or the toilet in some cases. This is one of the worst mistakes that we can prevent. Why do we do it? Simply because no one out there has ever told us how to do it adequately.

So here’s a simple solution: one should wait for the cooking oil to cool down and dispose of it in plastic or glass bottles and place them in garbage cans. A liter of oil, aka 34 fluid ounces, is enough to cause about one million liters of water (26,000 gallons) to become non-potable (unsafe for drinking), which is a sufficient amount for a person to use over a 14-year period.

If you can dispose of your oil at a recycling center, even better! It could be turned into bio-diesel or fuel. Care for the environment if you want it to care for you.

¡¡¡¡¡¡Spread the word!!!!!!

2 Comments

slow food recipes author posted on June 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM

As much as one needs to make an effort to contribute to environmental preservation, the government can do a whole lot more to ease the efforts of the public. Setting up an oil disposal program, where oil could be collected with the regular garbage collection at specified interviews would make oil recycling more popular.

slow food recipes author posted on June 8, 2009 at 11:30 AM

correction to above – “interviews” should be “intervals”

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