please

judith98 - 2019-08-13 13:05:00

Ditto, please.

westward1 - 2019-08-13 13:42:00

I put used oil into a corked bottle and dispose with rubbish and I have just confirmed with Hutt City Council
Please please DO NOT dispose down your sink

maryanne19 - 2019-08-13 14:23:00

Thanks maryanne19. I didn't think it was wise to put it down the sink.

judith98 - 2019-08-13 14:31:00

I think we must eat it all. I only use a tablespoon at a time.

gilligee - 2019-08-13 15:15:00

I never have much fat left over, and what there is, the occasional spoonful, goes out on the lawn for the birds.

davidt4 - 2019-08-13 15:28:00

Save it up, and while you are doing so, find a 'hippy' who makes biodiesel.
Others (homeless?) may find it useful in an oil burner for light and / or heat...

patxyz - 2019-08-13 16:55:00

In a sprayer to kill weeds..?

patxyz - 2019-08-13 16:58:00

maryanne19 wrote:

I put used oil into a corked bottle and dispose with rubbish and I have just confirmed with Hutt City Council
Please please DO NOT dispose down your sink

Maryanne, my first thought when I read your DO NOT dispose down the sink, I thought surely no one would be that stupid! then I remembered a holiday guest putting a glass ash tray in the kitchen waste disposal. So yes, there are people stupid enough to pour oil down the sink.

westward1 - 2019-08-13 17:21:00

patxyz wrote:

In a sprayer to kill weeds..?

Wouldn't that be a bit of a fire hazard over summer?

buzzy110 - 2019-08-13 17:24:00

Oil acts as a surfactant & kills grass/plants.

The previous owners of my property left a few bottles of disgusting used cooking oil & it didn't burn well on the outdoor incinerator, so I disposed of it at the dump...they had a section for that sort of material.

samanya - 2019-08-13 18:41:00

I tip mine in my grass clippings after I've mow the lawn. The grass absorbs it

cottagerose - 2019-08-13 18:41:00

cottagerose wrote:

I tip mine in my grass clippings after I've mow the lawn. The grass absorbs it

So what do you do with the clippings after that?
Do you compost or dump them?

samanya - 2019-08-13 19:05:00

I tip mine out under the fence,

rainrain1 - 2019-08-13 19:40:00

Save it in a container( tin, small metal bowl) in the fridge where it will solidify. When 3/4 full melt on stove element to just loosen only. Put out to the birds or wrap in newspaper and dispose in the rubbish.

Edited by linette1 at 9:40 pm, Tue 13 Aug

linette1 - 2019-08-13 21:39:00

samanya wrote:

So what do you do with the clippings after that?
Do you compost or dump them?

Will compost down quite well, just needs to be not too much so mix in a bit each week.

You can also use it to make soap :) or fire lighters :) or paint on the fence as a preservative stain :) or filter well and tip it straight into the diesel tractor or truck tank as fuel Mix with actual diesel of course up to 10% it won't notice and run fine.

beaker59 - 2019-08-13 21:55:00

I just put into the compost

gardner12 - 2019-08-14 16:21:00

beaker59 wrote:

Will compost down quite well, just needs to be not too much so mix in a bit each week.

You can also use it to make soap :) or fire lighters :) or paint on the fence as a preservative stain :) or filter well and tip it straight into the diesel tractor or truck tank as fuel Mix with actual diesel of course up to 10% it won't notice and run fine.

Well, I never expected that you could compost it.
I don't get enough to worry about disposal....but I certainly do get heaps of grass clippings.

samanya - 2019-08-14 16:43:00

beaker59 wrote:

Will compost down quite well, just needs to be not too much so mix in a bit each week.

You can also use it to make soap :) or fire lighters :) or paint on the fence as a preservative stain :) or filter well and tip it straight into the diesel tractor or truck tank as fuel Mix with actual diesel of course up to 10% it won't notice and run fine.

I guess that means bacteria and bugs can break it down into a soil like structure.

I do the fire lighters, as you once outlined in here. Our SIL buys it by the 44gal drum and uses it with diesel. His vehicle smells like chips as he drives gaily by.

buzzy110 - 2019-08-14 17:04:00

buzzy110 wrote:

I guess that means bacteria and bugs can break it down into a soil like structure.

I do the fire lighters, as you once outlined in here. Our SIL buys it by the 44gal drum and uses it with diesel. His vehicle smells like chips as he drives gaily by.

Vegetable Oil and fats are definitely biodegradable just slower in bulk though mixed with organic matter like grass clippings garden waste food scraps etc will biodegrade as well as anything.

Believe it or not by trade I am a qualified oil and colour chemist so have some knowledge of the chemistry.

beaker59 - 2019-08-17 13:36:00

I haven't had that issue, but I would pour it in some of the cats kitty litter to contain the liquidity of it, and dispose of it to land fill.

ange164 - 2019-08-25 12:28:00

beaker59 wrote:

Vegetable Oil and fats are definitely biodegradable just slower in bulk though mixed with organic matter like grass clippings garden waste food scraps etc will biodegrade as well as anything.

Believe it or not by trade I am a qualified oil and colour chemist so have some knowledge of the chemistry.

Thanks beaker. I tend not to have leftover oil and fat because I rarely deepfry. However, when I do I use a medium with a very high smoke point - peanut, ghee, lard, duck fat, avocado oil, etc. It tends to diminish with use. I presume some of it gets soaked up by the food and some of it evaporates away as water and fine fat droplets. I always watch the temperature so it doesn't burn. When it starts to look contaminated with the food that cooks it I 'wash it' with water and reuse it in other cooking or don't wash it and use it as fire starters.

But that it breaks down, if composted with other biodegradable material is a handy thing to know.

Edited by buzzy110 at 12:43 pm, Sun 25 Aug

buzzy110 - 2019-08-25 12:43:00

buzzy110 wrote:

Our SIL buys it by the 44gal drum and uses it with diesel. His vehicle smells like chips as he drives gaily by.

I was running both my vehicles on used cooking oil for about three years until I moved to a place where I had no room for the tanks (needed for storing and filtering it).
I used to buy it from the local fish and chip shop and yes - the car smells like a burnt frying pan out the back!

1zw - 2019-08-29 20:53:00

Mixed with washing detergent oil breaks down as does pan cooking fats and can go into the sewer. Fat from deep fryers, make good bird feeders, mix in bread and seed.

gabbysnana - 2019-08-29 21:36:00

1zw wrote:

I was running both my vehicles on used cooking oil for about three years until I moved to a place where I had no room for the tanks (needed for storing and filtering it).
I used to buy it from the local fish and chip shop and yes - the car smells like a burnt frying pan out the back!

Love it. Good for you.

jan2242 - 2019-08-30 10:27:00

Why not give to a neighbour that runs his car on old oil?

uli - 2019-08-30 17:04:00

Why not offer it to someone who rides/competes horses.Endurance horses come to mind.Yes,used oil can e fed to horses mixed in their feed.

ethel5 - 2019-08-30 22:37:00

We have a local company that refines it and uses it to run their vehicles,as they clean out fish shop vats,etc they have access to the quantity that makes it worthwhile,but they do accept any amount taken in to them.Guess you might need to live in progressive Invercargill.

pooh01 - 2019-09-08 16:05:00