I know that dumping motor oil and petroleum based products is illegal and I do dispose of my used motor oil at a official disposal location. But whenever I have leftover cooking oil or fat from cooking, I dump it in an empty coffee can then put it in the trash when full. Is there any reason or ordinances that would prohit my just digging a hole in my backyard and pouring there. I assume that vegetable oil is competely organic and shouldn't harm the water table, but I could be wrong.
2007-03-28 08:13:13 · 5 answers · asked by Mike B 2 in Environment
Take it to a recycler. There is a market for used vegetable oil now. Otherwise, take it to a waste oil recycler (some will accept it for free).
It may not be illegal, but it is not necessarily prudent to do so.
2007-03-28 14:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dump Cooking
2016-10-02 05:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It definitely can cause problems in aquatic ecosystems too, even though it isn't toxic. The best thing to do with it is incorporate it into a compost pile, though you'd have to mix it with a lot of other stuff to prevent gas exchange in the pile. So, you'd need a really big compost pile to mix it into. Dumping it in the trash won't kill anybody, but it will eventually leach into ground water.
2007-03-28 08:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
olive oil is organic and you can dump it but the rest of the cooking oils are man made,but I dump it anyway
2007-03-28 08:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hope the following information will be useful to you:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/guidance/ppg/ppg08.pdf
2007-03-28 08:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋