Pouring engine oil down a drain

Stardust

blacksta wrote: »

Hi what about - used vegetable oil - I am guilty of just dumping down the kitchen drain - Out of ignorance - Please help

Put it in a tub, let it go solid overnight then scrape it into the bin.

Rolandtheroadie

Stardust wrote: »

Put it in a tub, let it go solid overnight then scrape it into the bin.

I run my car on veg oil. If it's not got loads of animal fats in it, it wont normally go solid.

Some commercial/long life varieties may.

cyclonebri1

blacksta wrote: »

Hi what about - used vegetable oil - I am guilty of just dumping down the kitchen drain - Out of ignorance - Please help

Ferkin heck it's OIL. It is not soluble, would youi like it coming back up your mains????


And in reply to an earlier post;

Many drains are combined sewers, ie, they take both surface water and household sewage to process. Plaster encrusted turds anyone? not for me thanks

mikey72

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Ferkin heck it's OIL. It is not soluble, would youi like it coming back up your mains????


And in reply to an earlier post;

Many drains are combined sewers, ie, they take both surface water and household sewage to process. Plaster encrusted turds anyone? not for me thanks

Most of ours aren't. Surface water goes to streams, foul water goes to the sewage farm.

Steel_2

if it's a small amount of fat in a pan I mix it thoroughly with some washing up liquid before washing it away. A few tablespoons and I wipe the pan out with tissue and throw it in the bin.

if it's a bit too much and it will solidify, I mix it with some bird seed and nuts, pour it into a clean tuna can or plastic bag, let it set and then chuck it out to the birds.

If it's a hell of a lot of liquid stuff, I decant it into an old plastic milk container and drop it off at the tip when the jug is full and I'm passing by.

Edited to add: make sure the oil is cold before you put it in the plastic jug!!!

rampies_wife

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Ring the Environment Agency. They will take this very seriously.

Incident hotline

You should use the incident hotline to report an incident, such as pollution.

Telephone: 0800 807060 (Freephone, 24 hour service)

I work for the EA and this is the correct ,we investigate as it could lead to river pollution .