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No it fucks up public infrastructure and sewer mains
Fatburg!
My sister moved house and noticed a weird smell from the kitchen sink. Plumber found a mini fatberg down the drain. The old bloke they bought the house from had been tipping everything down the plughole. For years.
(the emoji itself is nauseating)
The smell is even better
How does this happen? Is it more for things like bacon grease rather than cooking oil? Because cooking oils are usually (not always, coconut oil for example) liquid to lower temperatures than water.
Also if you stay in the same place too long, you'll have explain what the fuck happened to the sink to your landlord
And every other renter after you will curse your anonymous name.
No, they'll just tell the landlord. You don't rent, do you?
It's the landlords responsibly to repair the sink. A place being rented full-time to different people can't be blamed on any one tenant even if this wasn't the case.
that implies you get a functioning sink when you move in and it doesnt already have issues they just covered up temporarily
And the next places you move will bless you with clogged sinks. Contact the previous renter of each and thank them.
If I'm in an Airbnb I pour it in the lawn.
I live in an area without public sewerage though. All our sewage goes into a series of septic tanks underground in our backyard.
It's a bit of a pain really because in summer when all the grass is brown the septic tank area still requires attention.
Put in container, let cool, place container in trash. Empty jars or bottles are common options.
Sauce/pickle/salsa jars are pretty good with wide mouths, but old cans work too.
I use mine as a firelighter for my wood heater.
People also use it to make diesel if it's not solidified animal fat.
I just let it cool and then double-bag it. I get a ton of extra plastic bags from stores, so I hold on to them to reuse as garbage bags.
Or put it in another container you're going to throw out anyway.
There are are things you out in the cooking oil to make it harden here in Japan. It's like these flakes that look like shredded soap we can buy in the 100 yen shop. Maybe there's something like that where you live?
If it‘s not a shitton of oil, I put some napkins in th pan and let them soak. Then put the Napkins in the trash. I do that once everything’s cold, of coursey
Everyone says put it in a container and throw the container away, but I don't have a bunch of empty containers around that I can just throw away. My best method is to, while the oil is still warm and liquid, use a paper towel or two to soak up all the oil. Usually it's safe to toss this into the garbage as is, as it will cool down considerably, but if not, give it a few minutes before tossing in the garbage. I never wait for it to harden, and I've never melted a garbage bag before. Once there's only a little bit of oil left on the pan, an excessive amount of dawn and a good bit of scrubbing will trap the oil and make it safe to dump down the drain. If you aren't using that much cooking oils, you can also compost the oily paper towels, but I'd check with your local compost folks first to make sure they allow it, as too much cooking oil can ruin a compost pile.
Depends on the meal, I do use the fats for gravy and sauces when the meal allows, but most of the time it's my morning bacon and eggs, where I'll fry the bacon, mop up half of the bacon grease, fry the eggs in the remaining grease, then mop up what's left with a paper towel.
You should start filtering and stockpiling it for the eventual decline of society to the point that it’s the only fuel source left to run diesel engines on our Mad Maxmobiles.
Good point. Gasoline engines are going to be useless in the apocalypse once all the gas goes bad. The wife is going to be upset about all the 55 gallon drums piling up on the balcony in the condo, but hey, what can you do?
Just tell her she won’t be so mad once that fuel becomes the barter commodity that sets you all up for the rest of your lived experience in the apocalypse! “Money in the bank, baby, money in the bank!"
Soap! (Just kidding go for the other replier suggestion)
You see industrial devastation.
I see job creation.
The public has voted for fascism and hate. Not my problem.
Less than 50% of voters voted for fascism so I'm gonna clog all the drains in my area (???)
This is a popular myth. It's only a problem if public infra wasn't properly designed
I think "properly designed public infrastructure" is the myth.
Public infrastructure can be built to handle it but it is significantly more expensive, and since a lot of public infrastructure is incredibly old you are damaging pipes and causing bills to go up for everyone in your area
Bazelgette wants to fight you in a cage match and my money's on him.