Kitchen

[Sunshine Kate]

I don't like to put used cooking oil in the garbage disposal and don't want a mess in the kitchen trash.

How do you dispose of your used cooking oil?

TIA

[gmkb]

If I have bacon grease or any larger amount of oil, I put paper towels in the skillet.  The towels soak up the grease and then I put the greased soaked towels in the garbage.

[RedTop]

I pour it back into the bottle it came out of, or in a jar with a tight lid, and throw it in the garbage.   

[itsmagic]

I do the same as the other replies. If it isn't too much cooking oil I use paper towels to soak it up and then throw them away. If it is a lot of cooking oil I pour it into a container and place it in the garbage. 

[January121]

I put it in an empty coffee can & put paper towels inside .... then I put the can in lots of plastic bags that I get from the grocery store & put it in the freezer ..... when it comes time for garbage pick up I place it in the garbage bin and it is picked up by the sanation dept. ...... if it's just a small amount of oil I will throw it down the sink & let lots of hot water run with a little dawn dish washing liquid ... I have never had a problem.

[VaBelle35]

Small amounts I use used paper towels, napkins, tissues, whatever I have.

Larger amounts, once it's cooled can go into any container (plastic, paper, aluminum, glass).

[DiAnne]

I don't deep fry often but I do have a large plastic jar that I fill with used oil.  When it is full I put it in the trash.  

[gardenman]

In New Jersey you can't legally dispose of used cooking oil down a drain or in the trash. It has to be taken to an authorized recycling center for disposal. Our local landfill has a hazardous waste collection cycle where you can take it several times a year. I've got two bottles of used oil waiting for the third Saturday in October when the next collection date rolls along.

New Jersey has rules for everything. I'm pretty sure very few people follow those rules, but I do. The recycling place always gives you free stuff for turning in "hazardous waste." One year we got LED light bulbs. You'll always get something though in exchange for the effort, so it's not a big deal. I've ususally got a couple of bottles of oil, a few fluorescent light bulbs, and occassionally something else to turn in. It takes maybe a half hour total time twice a year, so it's not a big deal.

[queendiva]

after cooling, pour it in a ziplock bag, then toss in the trash.

When making meatballs, I pour off the small amount of frying oil into the empty tomato can, then put the can in the fridge to solidify- then in the trash.

[beach-mom]

I pour it into a can from the recycle bin, then pad the can with paper towels and put it in the trash so it doesn't make a mess there.