Put it in a disposable plastic container and throw it in the garbage.

Disposing of used cooking grease is an environmentally important task. There are several ways to safely dispose of it, but it should never be poured down the drain. 1. Allow the oil to cool completely before disposing of it. 2. Decide whether the oil needs to be discarded. Oil used for deep-frying can usually be reused several times. Strain it into a clean sealable container. 3. To throw it away, carefully pour it into a strong sealable container, such as an old plastic jar with a lid. Many households save jars for this purpose. Plastic jars are better than breakable glass ones. 4. If the amount of oil is small, place the filled, sealed jar in the trash. 5. Take large amounts of cooking oil to the local landfill. 6. Alternatively, recycle large amounts of used cooking oil with the help of a cooperative local restaurant. Most restaurants have used grease bins, whose contents are recycled into consumer products. Ask if you can add your used oil to their grease bin. 7. Used cooking oil can also be composted with other organic matter. If you have a compost heap or a healthy backyard earthworm population, feed them kitchen scraps. www.ehow.com/how_15918_dispose-used-cooking.html

The best way to properly dispose of used cooking oil is to recycle it. Many restaurants will take it from you for recycling. They sell it to recycling companies that will recycle it for use in making cosmetics and other products. Rendering companies will also take it.or seal and disspose.

Used cooking oil can also be used to produce biodiesel. Perhaps you, as an individual, might not have much used oil to spare, but if you run a business that does produce waste cooking oil, you could do worse than contact someone with an interest in biodiesel who would gladly take it off your hands. Biodiesel can be easily produced at home. See also: http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Re: "that not sayin how to dispose of it" I beg to differ: it most certainly does "sayin how to dispose of it". Converting used cooking oil to biodiesel is a great example of what the terms recycle and reuse are all about. Before you throw something in the garbage, find out where else it could be used. Used cooking oil is not garbage, it is the basic ingredient in an alternate fuel source. -------------------- And for the linguists, I refer to The Concise Oxford Dictionary, which requires no explanation: "dispose of: do what one will with, regulate; get off one's hands, stow away, settle, finish, kill, demolish (claim, argument, opponent), dismiss (cricket ... score), consume (food); sell."

DO NOT dump cooking oil, poultry fat and grease into the kitchen sink or the toilet bowl. DO NOT use hot water and soap to wash grease down the drain, because it will cool and harden in your pipes or in the sewer down the line. DO place cooled cooking oil, poultry and meat fats in sealed non-recyclable containers and discard with your regular garbage. DO use paper towels to wipe residual grease or oil off of dishes, pots and pans prior to washing them.

I keep an empty metal coffee can under my kitchen sink and drain all grease and used oil into it, sealing it with the lid after. When the can is full I throw it in my regular household trash. Using the metal coffee can helps a lot when I need to drain grease or oil that is still hot.

Since used cooking oil probably has a certain amount of fat or grease in it, I would suggest using it in a bird feeder. Both congealed grease (Suet) and oil are recommended dietary sources for bird pets and thier wild cousins. Collect the oil in a jar, toss in a cake donut to soak and roll the donut in a handfull of sunflower seeds while the oil is still warm. Any piece of bread will do, but I chose a donut because (If you don't have a feeder) you can just drive a peg into a tree or the side of your house and use that. You can use a surprising amount of oil like this. Especially once the animals catch on to where the food is. But, if you still have some leftover, I'd follow the previous suggestion of taking it to a co-operative to be rendered into biodiesel. However, the discussion board that I'd suggest is: http://forums.biodieselnow.com/ They have a state by state listing of where co-operatives are.

In addition to the initial answer I have used a great item called The Fat Trapper. This item is a high impact plastic box with a foil lined bag that allows the user to pour hot grease (CAREFULLY) into the bag and then when the foil bag is filled, you can seal it and then dispose of it. I keep mine in the fridge so the grease gets firm and is easily disposed of. The problem with glass, of course is breakage -- the problem with plastic jars is the melting factor and the problem with coffee cans is that they are often cardboard. More information on this item can be found on the web as several utility companies are utilizing these boxes to educate the public on the potential problems household grease has on plumbing, sewer systems and septic tanks.

In my neck of the woods in Oregon cooking oil is recycled to make bio diesel fuel. A large plant here was funded by Willie Nelson and other investors and is growing in leaps and bounds. People use it in place of diesel. It costs a tad more, but U can get the same mileage per gallon while helping out our environment. As far as handling , other posters have covered that well.

I believe sticking oil in the fridge will solidify it, and sticking it in the freezer will make it firmer still. This might make disposing of it easier. Or you could make oil candles and burn it.

If you save plastic jars you can let the oil cool off put it in a jar with a lid and throw it in the garbage.

Whatever you do, don't pour it down the sink!

i just dump it outside somewhere. Hey theres nothing wrong with organically dunping it somewhere it will just sink into the groud no harm done

I put in the the trash or dump it out in my back yard.

Sell it to my next door neighbour as hair gel.

Green certified: DO NOT dump cooking oil, poultry fat and grease into the kitchen sink or the toilet bowl. Green certified: DO NOT use hot water and soap to wash grease down the drain, because it will cool and harden in your pipes or in the sewer down the line. Green failed: DO place cooled cooking oil, poultry and meat fats in sealed non-recyclable containers and discard with your regular garbage. (non-recyclable containers are bad for the environment). Green certified alternative: Create a small compost in your backyard and use to dispose your cooking oil. You could also check with your nearest restaurant if they have a grease recycle disposal that you could contribute to. Green failed: DO use paper towels to wipe residual grease or oil off of dishes, pots and pans prior to washing them. (Paper towel kills trees). Green certified answer: Allocate an old sweater or other old cloth for this purpose. You could then use the old cloth multiple times and dispose it in regular garbage. Another option is to use your backyard faucet for the first cleaning.

I save coffee cans, pour the oil in, after it has cooled, and throw it in the garbage.

Hey I am Dawn and I work for a company that picks up used cooking oil from restaurants for no cost at all and we change it into bio diesel fuel. My company is based out of Allentown, PA and we cover majority of PA and New Jersey. We also offer discounts on trash removal, grease trap, and hood cleaning. If interested feel free to give me a call at 610 437 4069.

In my old house we had a deep fryer, not sure how we got it since neither me nor my roommate bought it, but it was there and it was nice. When we had used oil to chuck we'd take it outside and pour it on the ant hill that was behind our house. Pretty sure you're not supposed to do that, but that's how I did it. Got rid of those pesky ants, too.

my nanna always tossed it outside closer to the woods-im guessing this is alright?? sounds like others have taken this route as well.

take it to your local recycling center if you dont have one near by most grabage pick up charge a small fee butr its worth it not to harm the enviorment by dumping it in the woods

I just allow torn pieces of newspaper to soak in the oil until all is absorbed. Using a rubber glove i transfer the oil soaked papers to plastic bag, tie it tight and dispose it with the normal garbage. But i am not sure if it's a great idea.

I turn on the cold water and pour it down the drain!

flush it down the toilet

Bury it?

Recycling. They make fuel from it now. Contact a recycling center. Or pour it into a coffee can and put the lid on and toss it. Recycling is much better.

I work in a federal building and professional plumbers have just been here pouring vegetable oil down something in the bathrooms. I'm dying to know why, but by the time I saw what they were doing they had left. I wanted to ask them why or maybe it is a trade secret ;-)

Just found out they poured the oil down the drains in the floor (not the sink). Things get stuck in the drain and cause a backup and odors. This coats the sides of the drain and keeps them flowing.

I'm doing it right now. Put the oil in a container. Freeze it. Take it out of the freezer and scoop it into the garbage in it's whole form.

Poor it into a can, wait for it to harden, and then thrown it away. I have just dumped it into the dirt before.