Deep Fat Fryer - Oil Disposal

oldMcDonald

Pretani wrote: »

Cooking oil has to be processed before you use it in cars,

Not for all makes, many can run on straight veg oil or a % mix of diesel / veg oil.

Vegetableoildiesel forum link

Burp_2

ello

Just wondering ... only used the fryer once and never had to dispose of such a large quantity of oil before and definitely don't want to put it down the sink!

Any advice?

Burp x

aliasojo

I usually keep the empty oil bottle and decant it back into the bottle and bin it.

Confuzzled

i've been wondering...can you put spent veg oil in your compost bin?

Penelope_Penguin

Burp wrote: »

Just wondering ... only used the fryer once and never had to dispose of such a large quantity of oil before and definitely don't want to put it down the sink!

Take it to your local recycling centre and they'll recycle it for you

I'll add this to the exisitng thread so that you can browse other suggestions.

Penny. x

aliasojo

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Take it to your local recycling centre and they'll recycle it for you

I'll add this to the exisitng thread so that you can browse other suggestions.

Penny. x

I thought I was going daft there. There were no replies when I posted yet when I came back there were loads. :rotfl: Had to read through to see the threads had been merged.

Any

Hello!!

Yesterday I've changed the oil in my deep fat fryer for the first time, but now I don't know what to do with it?

How do you dispose of yours? It's about 2.5l of old oil...

Thank you

Penelope_Penguin

Any wrote: »

How do you dispose of yours? It's about 2.5l of old oil...

I don't have a fryer, but my recycling centre will take it

I'll add this to the exisitng thread later, to keep ideas together.

cinemike

The best use I can find for used oil is to mix it with sawdust (2L oil to 20L sawdust approx) and use the mixture to resuscitate a dying fire or you can put it in the bottom of a barbecue to speed up the lighting of the charcoal.

If you have lots, it can be used as a fuel for wood stoves and the like, but it needs a warm environment to light it (turning the oil into vapour).