Disposing Of Out Of Date Cooking Oils

[silvertaff]

Does anyone know an eco-friendly way of disposing of out of date bottles of cooking oils? Pouring them down the sink doesn't feel like it would be the right thing to do.

[ummmm]

Do not tip it down the sick!

The local tips take cooking oils.

[retrocop]

Just pour it back into a old plastic oil bottle from ,say, a deep fat fryer and take it down the dump. No drains ,toilet or kitchen sink for discarded oil. You will invite blockages. It becomes like a waxy emulsion.

[silvertaff]

many thanks, ummmm and retrocop.

[murraymints]

that's what I do ummmm...

[murraymints]

same with old sump oil from cars

[ummmm]

I put it into empty milk cartons.

[ethandron]

Why do you have bottles of used cooking oil, retrocop and ummmm, what's it been used for?

[ummmm]

I don't, Eth, it's old cooking oil to be disposed of. It's what the deep fat fryer gets emptied into.

[murraymints]

or juice/milk plastic doodahs ^

[ethandron]

Oh right. What do you cook in your deep fat fryer?
I make my own chips which I cook in the oven and only use a tablespoon of oil, can't think of anything else I'd cook in it, mond you, I don't have a houseful of hungry men to feed these days ;)
I once had a deep fat fryer and it was such a faff to keep clean binned it.

[ummmm]

Hardly anything to be honest. It usually comes out when I've seen a recipe on a cooking programme.

[ummmm]

Someone gave me a tip of here on how to clean them. Put a dishwasher tablet in and fill with water and let it simmer on low. Works a wonders. Cleans the baskets too.

[murraymints]

good tip ummmm..ta x

[EDDIE51]

^^ Biological washing powder ( the type you wash clothes in) works as well .
Make a strongish solution of powder and water and let it simmer for an hour or so, works for burnt on pans as well.

[Postdog]

I think my local chippy uses it.