• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Take it to the recycling center. Even just tossing it into the trash is better than pouring it down the drain. If you toss it in the trash it will just get incinerated. If you pour it down the drain it can clog the sewage system.

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        4 months ago

        “it will just get incinerated”

        Look at you, living in a country where they actually do something with trash instead of just accumulating it in a huge field

        • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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          Going to the dump is so weird. It’s just like, here’s a field…just throw your shit wherever and let’s get outta here.

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          4 months ago

          Do plastics go in the landfill too? Or is it somehow separated so that only stuff that decays in years rather than centuries goes there?

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      4 months ago

      If small amounts of oil that hardens when at room temp, like bacon fat. Throw it in a tin can to cool, garbage when the can fills. Oil that doesn’t harden, personally I put a bunch of dish soap into the oily pan to absorb the oil and wash it down the sink. Not sure if the dish soap does enough but seems safe to me.

      If its a large amount, like for deep frying. Local recycling might take it. I know curbside pickup will take used motor oil for me, so I imagine they’d take fryer oil too.

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      There are ways to make it harden for bin disposal, but if I’m feeling cheeky I just put used oil back in the plastic jug once it’s cooled down and bin that