Stupid cooking question

[DocRafiki]

How do you dispose of cooking oil? My friends are no help on this one, but I know I'll get an answer here within half a minute. TIA

 

[vald1977]

What I usually do is let it cool completely in the pan and then use a funnel to pour it back into whatever bottle it came in and dispose of the whole thing in the trash. If you didn't use a whole bottle, an empty soda bottle will also do.

 

[DocRafiki]

you took 2 minutes, but i thank you anyway.

i was thinking of doing that, but i usually recycle my plastic. i feel wasteful doing that. but if that's what i have to do... here goes.

 

[Pop Daddy]

I usually dump mine in the neighbors yard

 

[Otto's Doll]

My mom always dumped hers into an old coffee can, and kept it in the fridge till it was full, then threw it out.

 

[Cindy B]

I wouldn't worry about being wasteful on the bottle. You are actually reusing its bottle more than its original purpose.

I am big on reusing things so that is a fine compromise with me.

 

[DocRafiki]

ok, i'll think of it that way. still sad that it goes to the landfill. i am going to have to become more wasteful, though, or i will just live in clutter forever.

 

[zakatak]

Don't use it to cook with. It's not good for you anyways...

Karen

 

[Cindy B]

See, if you reuse its not that you aren't "recycling". Recycling is basically reusing ....


And BTW, I sent you an email about a post I saw on the Budget Board