Use paper towels to soak it up if it's a small amount.
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I put my oil in a bucket with lye, and then dump it down the sink after it soapifies.
This keeps my pipes and my garbage can grease-free.
I am sure someone will have some insight into why this is a bad solution.
I am sure someone will have some insight into why this is a bad solution.
😂 Assuming you live in a city with sewer, idk how detrimental it would be...never really thought about it. And sewer stuff, it's so toxic, and there are facilities dedicated to dealing with it.
I live out in the country, with a septic system. This septic system is a living organism of sorts; it contains bacteria & other life that helps to break down my shit, piss, etc. Idk how good introducing a bunch of this soap into the septic tank would be. Maybe it's harmless... Or maybe it'll kill all the buggies.
I do know that if you feel your septic tank is a little 'sluggish', lacking in activity, you flush some raw chicken skin down your toilet & that's supposed to help. 🙂
Oils in a septic tank are a poor idea. It floats, so it never gets pumped out as effluent, and it builds up in the tank. When you get the tank pumped, it should go away then as the pumper guy will usually stir it up enough to get all the oils and solids, but in the meantime it's there interfering with the bugs.
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Coming at this from more of a common sense angle, I was always told oil doesn't go down the sink. For most people, it ends up in the normal rubbish.
Putting oil in the normal rubbish seems like it would have basically no issues at all. I think it would either be incinerated or end up in a landfill. If the energy from burning rubbish is being harvested (it might not be) then I would think the oil would help and that could be a useful way to recycle it.
If it ends up in a landfill, I don't see any problem with a bit of oil being buried with other junk. A lot of people seem to be saying they would bury it anyway.
The only real concern would be if you have a lot of oil and you're worried about your bin leaking or something. If you put most oil immediately into the bin then this shouldn't really be an issue.
Of course if you just have a few little drops of oil in with a bunch of water then you would probably pour that in the sink anyway and it would most likely be fine.
Collecting stuff in a bucket, making soap or using it for something else seems like a lot of hassle to mitigate quite minor concerns. Most people don't have a serious use for a bucket of used cooking oil.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about any of this.
Collect in in a jug and use it for the burn pile lol
Ken M