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How to dispose of deep fryer oil?
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 1:40 am    Post subject: How to dispose of deep fryer oil? Reply with quote

I've had my deep fryer for a few months now and the oil is really really black. waht is the best way to dispose of this oil? I know I could just poor it in a bottle and tank it with the rest of the trash, but that doesn't seem right.
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teachingld2004



Joined: 29 Mar 2004

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 1:45 am    Post subject: how to get rid of deep fryer oil Reply with quote

You can put it in a zip -loc bag, and then put it in your reg. garbage bag. Or pour it in a reg plastic bag, double it, and then knot it, or twist tie it closed, and put that in a reg. trash bag. OR dump it into an empty milk carton and put THAT in a trash bag.

You can also mix dish washing liquid and water in with it, and flush it down the toilet. The plumbing is quite bad here, so I would go with the bag and the garbage bit.
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bigscott



Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many apartment complexes have a disposal drum near their regular garbage disposal. It is usually a 44 gallon drum with a funnel in the top. Disposing of that quantity of oil by flushing it down the toilet even with detergent would be pretty irresponsible.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bigscott wrote:
Disposing of that quantity of oil by flushing it down the toilet even with detergent would be pretty irresponsible.


Totally. But have the locals groked the idea of pollution and personal responsibility? Just coming back to my apartment I saw some young guy walk by a garbage can. Instead of throwing his gum wrapper into the can, he just tossed it onto the ground. Sunday I saw some young guy trying to impress his GF with his ability to dump his garbage through a sewer's grates...

Do Koreans get any kind of anti-pollution messages/education in school or via Saturday morning cartoons? I mean the bulk of my childhood was being bombarded with messages not to:

a) litter... "give a hoot", crying indian, etc

b) take LSD because after a hit of blotter you'll think you can fly like a bird and try and jump off your apartment balcony...
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Ilsanman



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 5:32 am    Post subject: yes Reply with quote

If you are a Korean, dump it in the Han. That's what the locals do.
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Alyssa



Joined: 15 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey, didnt you see Shawshank Redemption..........just take a little bottle, fill it up, when you go outside, just pour a little on the ground at a time. After a year the oil will be gone. And you will be in Mexico, well, I think you are TOO nervous. When in Rome..........
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ZUL



Joined: 15 Jul 2004
Location: Cloud 9

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use an old can (food, soda, whatever) and let it cool, then throw it out with the rest of the trash.
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Grotto



Joined: 21 Mar 2004

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Recycle and civic duty

Take oil, mix with sand and go fill in a pothole or two Laughing
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
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PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Grotto wrote:
Recycle and civic duty

Take oil, mix with sand and go fill in a pothole or two Laughing

this is probably the best answer so far.
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stumptown



Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea

PostPosted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't your place have a recycling barrel with a funnel sticking out for just that? Unless you live in a small villa, there should be one out by the container for food scraps.
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teachingld2004



Joined: 29 Mar 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:38 pm    Post subject: used oil Reply with quote

I live in Bundang, in a fairly new Office-tel. We have 2 HUGE bins for garbge that we put in pink bags. We have a place for paper, cardboard, plastic, cans, glass,and styrafoam. We have 6 large plastic barrels for food garbage. (and all the flies that hang around). We have a dumpster for old clothes, a place for discared furniture, and a place for broken items. I walked all around that area twice last night and did not see any place for oil.

I said that I throw out oil in zip loc bags, or milk containers. and I put it with my reg. trash. I so rarely deep fry.

Grotto, has the best idea, but I wonder if he ever did it. (did u?)

So, how does the rest of you dispose oil? Drinking it is not a good idea. But I wouldn't mind feeding it to some of the kids here who think they are so smart..... I could always say "it's an American thing".
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:40 pm    Post subject: Re: used oil Reply with quote

teachingld2004 wrote:


So, how does the rest of you dispose oil? Drinking it is not a good idea. But I wouldn't mind feeding it to some of the kids here who think they are so smart..... I could always say "it's an American thing".


Donate it to Willie Nelson and his cooking oil fueled car.
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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I didn't think it'd screw up my toilet, I'd probably flush it down the pan, to be totally honest. It's not very nice, but it's a quick fix to an annoying small matter. Laughing
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SPINOZA wrote:
If I didn't think it'd screw up my toilet, I'd probably flush it down the pan, to be totally honest. It's not very nice, but it's a quick fix to an annoying small matter. Laughing

it's not that small - I've got 1.8 litres of dirty deep fryer oil.
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suet feeder, anyone?
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