I save empty wide mouth jars with screw on lids, then pour fats/oils into them, screw the cap back on and toss it.
I don't save jars. I recycle mine.I save empty wide mouth jars with screw on lids, then pour fats/oils into them, screw the cap back on and toss it.
I'm old enough that I have pretty much collected enough jars to do that and don't need more.I recycle mine by using them for rice, nuts, dried fruits, etc.
I realize this is subject to local rules, regulations, and availability, but the last time I took my burned-out cfc & fluorescent bulbs to my county's chemical waste collection facility, they told me that they will acccept quantities of used cooking oil, poured back into the original containers. For small quantities, I do as others have said, save empty glass screw-top jars for the oil and put into the regular trash for pickup.
I don't save jars. I recycle mine.
So do I. Technically it's one step better than recycling:I consider using a washed, empty mayonaise jar to be recycling.
The birds will LOVE it. But--doesn't it drive Shreddie nuts to have birds outside that patio door?I like the idea of sopping it up with bread and giving to the birds. They can use the extra calories this time of the year.
If it were grilling weather, I would save it for starting the charcoal.
Nope, he loves it. My neighbour calls it "kitty TV".The birds will LOVE it. But--doesn't it drive Shreddie nuts to have birds outside that patio door?
I also like the idea of greasing the snow shovel with it--especially when the snow is that heavy, wet snow that is so hard to shovel and get off the shovel...I can see a new thread--how to season a snow shovel...and several polls: plastic or metal snow shovel -- which do you prefer...scoop or pusher or shovel...wooden handle or metal...is there just one shovel to have?
Burning oil can produce a sooty / smoky fire and aggravate the need for more frequent stove and flue cleaning.+1
I use mine as "fire starter" in my woodstove. I dip crumpled newspaper in the oil and then build my fire. Sometimes I sprinkle some on the logs before igniting the fire. Helps get the fire going, especially if the wood is not quite dry.
The chimney is a Selkirk (Products: Chimneys). Most amazing chimneys. Soot does not adhere to them (I am even comfortable burning pine in my woodstove with a Selkirk). When I lived in MN and my parents burned wood, we cleaned the chimney every month. Here in SE Ontario, in the fall, we check the Selkirk chimney, run the brush up and down it a couple of times, check the elbows/pipe from the stove to the chimney, empty the trap, and we're good to go for another winter. It takes us about 1/2 an hour.Burning oil can produce a sooty / smoky fire and aggravate the need for more frequent stove and flue cleaning.
Before my area became more urbanized, we were able to burn brush and leaf piles and waste paper; now we have a damned costly 'recycling' center and have to shred sensitive documents.