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Disposing of Frying Oil

Disposing of Frying Oil

You don’t ever want to pour cooking oil down the drain—even just a little oil at a time will build up in your pipes, clogging them and eventually causing serious drainage issues. Instead, try this easy method for disposing of oil.

1

Create a quadruple-layered bag out of leftover plastic grocery bags.

2

Pour cooled oil into the grocery bags.

3

Tie up bags and throw away.

4

To Reuse the OIl

Strain the used, cool cooking oil into a container or jar to be reused. Store the strained oil in the freezer until you need to use it.

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