Spec me a oil/fat/gunk disposal solution

Bottle it and leave it next to recycling bin. The idiocy of every town in the UK having its own recycling rules is on a par with Boris's intransigence. Maybe time for a government to actually come up with a proper environmental plan that simplifies these things.
 
We don't have chips etc so never get a load of oil- We have carton milk so when it's finished we cut top off and wash it out so all cooking fat is put in carton -put bit of paper towel in first.
We also use it to put tea bags in also cooked bits and when full just fold it over then gaffa tape it up -bin it
 
hood1971 said:
Bottle it and leave it next to recycling bin. The idiocy of every town in the UK having its own recycling rules is on a par with Boris's intransigence. Maybe time for a government to actually come up with a proper environmental plan that simplifies these things.
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This! its a different system seemingly every few miles round here. its bonkers.
 
champ222 said:
This! its a different system seemingly every few miles round here. its bonkers.
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I don't have a clue what I can put in my recycling bin nowadays. They keep changing what's allowed as they change the company that collects it. I make a best guess but I suspect most ends up in landfill anyway.
 
Hades said:
I don't have a clue what I can put in my recycling bin nowadays. They keep changing what's allowed as they change the company that collects it. I make a best guess but I suspect most ends up in landfill anyway.
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Or sent to a poorer country to be "recycled" which normally means buried or burnt.
 
Gary* said:
We funnel it into an empty bottle and once we have 2 or 3 bottles, we'll book a run to the local tip and dispose of it there.

Or you could chug it - whatever suits you I suppose?
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This is about it.

IIRC our local tip has a tank for cooking oil/fat from memory, at our tip they have a section that is entirely for things like cooking oil, car oil, paint, batteries and the like.
 
Personally, if I make fried chicken and left over oil, which is never THAT much as I rather use a smaller sauce pan in order to get the depth of oil. I would just decanter it into a Pyrex jug and then use the oil up in general cooking in the following few days or so.
 
why/how are you generating this ... maybe time to reflect on the contents of your diet
..... christmas turkey is the only culprit for generating any quantity of fat, also, I suspect, even those with air fryers, don't generate much.
 
hood1971 said:
Bottle it and leave it next to recycling bin. The idiocy of every town in the UK having its own recycling rules is on a par with Boris's intransigence. Maybe time for a government to actually come up with a proper environmental plan that simplifies these things.
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My council used to take bottles of used oil from kerbside. Now it’s at the tip
 
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