Used Cooking Oil disposal

[DulwichFox]

I used to take my used cooking OIL to Devon Street in 5 ltr Plastic bottles with Secure screw caps.

I have now scrapped my car and can no longer take the used oil to the dump.

I now have 3-4 such plastic bottles in my back yard.

Can these bottles be collected with the usual collection facilities. ??

DulwichFox

[KidKruger]

Perhaps see if someone is going to dump and can collect them for you in next couple of weeks ?

[peckham_ryu]

Can?t it just go in the general waste bin? That?s where I always dispose of mine (in sealed containers). I haven?t seen it on the list of things that aren?t allowed in general waste.

[DulwichFox]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Perhaps see if someone is going to dump and can

> collect them for you in next couple of weeks ?

Yeah. Thought about that but concerned I might pay someone to take it away and they just pour it down the drain.

Foxy

[DulwichFox]

peckham_ryu Wrote:

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> Can?t it just go in the general waste bin? That?s

> where I always dispose of mine (in sealed

> containers). I haven?t seen it on the list of

> things that aren?t allowed in general waste.

I will be here when the bin men come and have the bottles ready.

See if they will take them. ??

Foxy

[intexasatthe moment]

Let us know outcome Foxy .

Related to this - anyone know position re grease in food waste ? We are a v unhealthy household and I often scrape greasy left overs into food waste bin .

What do ppl do with ,say, juices and fats from tray baked chicken thighs ? ( no I don't make chicken soup from left overs ) .

[Penguin68]

Academic papers (see two attached) suggest that the inclusion of fats (including solids) in anaerobic digestion (the go-to method for disposal of kitchen waste, though not yet adopted by Veolia) is hugely beneficial to the process.

http://iicbe.org/upload/9428C0315120.pdf

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4ffe/4817756121ddf4a2539e5656c638ff503ac9.pdf

You should avoid oils in domestic compost however (so if you compost kitchen waste, don't include oils and fats).

Veolia composts organic waste, but it doesn't like oils, liquids and fats

https://www.veolia.co.uk/westberkshire/waste-services/food-and-green-waste-collection-service/what-can-be-recycled-food-waste-collection

[DulwichFox]

My Food waste collector took them for me.

Big fellow. Pleasant Helpful chap.

Foxy

[Sue]

That's a good result!