Eco Friendly Grease Disposal

photo credit: Kapungo

I recently learned how to correctly dispose of our kitchen grease or cooking oil waste. It should not be flushed down the sink with hot water, where it can clog up pipes and sewers.

One should collect kitchen grease in a metal can or jar and then bring it to a disposal site. Do not use foil lined paper containers like Crisco containers. It could then be trashed, where it will sit in the landfill but recycling it into biodiesel is better. Check with your local recycling program to see if they support this.  San Francisco, EBMUD, and Palo Alto support grease recycling.

They should put this on the label of Cooking Oil Jars..

Kitchen grease is sold by restaurants to recyclers for $0.33 per pound. San Francisco has their own SF Greasecycle program for restaurants.

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Posted on February 19th, 2009
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