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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      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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      • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Better for fighting Climate Change. Unless your incinerators are burning hotter than anything our regulators would ever enforce.

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    • Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It eventually becomes a huge hill, then we can build a ski slope on it.

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      • Cliff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I know a place where they did exactly this.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You have incinerators in your area? Everything in my area is landfill, so it will eventually become dirt.

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    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The regular trash doesn’t get separated, it’s just dumped. There’s also almost no restrictions on what can go in there, our trash cans are massive, and we have to pay for recycling, so many people just don’t bother (and a second trash can is not much more than a recycling bin).

        We do have a recycling service that accepts most plastics (#1-#7), and they claim to recycle it, but they have pretty strict standards (needs to be clean, need to separate caps from bottles/jugs, etc), so I wouldn’t be surprised if most of it just ends up at the landfill anyway. Our area is a “single sort” facility, meaning people just dump everything into one bin and they sort it on their end. This means workers are even more likely to just throw stuff out that isn’t easily identifiable as recyclable.

        One big issue is that they don’t accept glass, so to recycle glass, you need to take it somewhere special. I’m pretty obsessive about recycling, so I go out of my way to recycle everything I can (I have a bag of dead batteries in the garage, I make regular trips to recycle glass, etc), but I highly doubt most people bother. In fact, I have a few neighbors with 2 garbage cans and no recycling can.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The landfill stuff doesn’t eventually turn into dirt. They purposefully make sure that it’s wrapped in plastic in such a way that it never decomposes. Landfills are terrible.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        They do it to protect the water table from things like battery acid. But a good chunk of it will become dirt, because there’s enough organic matter in mixed trash to decompose. It’ll just take a really long time because of the mix of plastic and whatnot.

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• rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Drink it.

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• officermike@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Take it to your local recycling center, if they have the means to collect it.

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• SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Put it on the doorhandles of the neighbours you don’t like

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  • herrvogel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I pour it into the cowl vents of cars that were parked by assholes, but only when I’m out of eggs to crack in there instead.

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    • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Truly my bred’ren

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  • CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve heard you can use it to lubricate outdoor-facing hinges

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• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  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

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There are ways to make it harden for bin disposal

    That’s the worst pickup line I ever heard.

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My wife has responded to lines nearly that bad, but I’ll report back with any success. 🫡

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      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        So?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I save the plastic grocery store bags and use those. Since they frequently have holes, I double or sometimes triple bag it, depending on how nasty the oil is and how much I’ll regret not taking the time later if it seeps into my garbage bin.

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• NoneYa@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Pour it in the city water reservoir

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• Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • TragicNotCute@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    absorb the oil

    That’s not how that works. You’re wrecking your pipes.

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    • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t do it with lots of oil. I mentioned putting bacon fat in a tin can, so we’re talking less than you’d get cooking bacon. See my other reply about semantics of absorb. For small amounts, the oil will emulsify with the soap. Which then can be rinsed away with water. This is how it makes your dishes clean, I’m sure it works the same down the drain.

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      • Contentedness@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’m not sure why you’re getting so many downvotes, your system seems reasonable to me!

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  • Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    put a bunch of dish soap into the oily pan to absorb the oil

    all science people are in pain right now

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    • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We’re not in science class.

      sciencing.com/adding-soap-oil-water-7408600.html

      soap molecules can break the oil molecules into smaller ones and allow the water molecules attached to them to surround the smaller oil fragments, creating an emulsion.

      Is close enough in plain english to absorb the oil.

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      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        No, it’s not.

        Absorption /= emulsification. Nor does it equal adsorption.

        They’re different, and have different properties.

        An emulsification can be broken by agitation or introduction of another substance.

        Soap and water do not absorb oil.

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      • Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If you hit a rock with an hammer that rock becomes dust, the hammer did not absorb the rock

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    • thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      How dare you call mean science-person! I’m a proud moron and can feel the pain!

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  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Everyone else is upset about absorbing the oil. I’m way more upset that you’re throwing out perfectly good bacon grease that can be used in any number of dishes.

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    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That stuff is like gold. Best thing for tortillas

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      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Tortillas are the number one thing! But if you don’t need new tortillas (I can’t imagine why but some folks don’t have tortillas with nearly every meal, or so I’ve heard) it’s also great for sauteing pretty much anything.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    1. bacon fat isn’t oil, it’s fat
    2. keep the bacon fat for cooking later, it’s amazing - just cover the tin and stick in in the fridge, it keeps really well
    3. if it’s a little bit of oil, first wipe with a paper towel, then wash with soap
    4. if it’s a lot of oil, I double-bag w/ plastic grocery bags and throw in the garbage; it’ll break down at the landfill

    I wish our recycling took oil, but I’m not convinced they even recycle the things they do take. It’s definitely worth checking though.

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• pigup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can use this to turn it into napalm: Waste Cooking Oil Powder (pack of 6) a.co/d/3WIT6Ff

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• Damage@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Take it to the recycling center? Here they recently introduced a few oil dumpsters as well

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• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  My city actually has us pouring our oil in the compost bins. But in ye olde days, my parents would collect all the oil in the big yogurt containers/milk jugs and then throw it in the trash.

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  • stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This should only be done for vegetable based oils.

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    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well yes, I’m not throwing motor oil in my compost am I?

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      • stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I was referring to seed-based oils.

        It should go without saying that motor oil is also inappropriate, yes

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