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>A third of Londoners admitted they didn't know you weren't supposed to flush fat down the sink.

So what am I supposed to do with it? Put it in the trash? That's not acceptable for the same reason that putting anything liquid in the rubbish bin isn't acceptable. :/

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Quite often you can wait for it to solidify before disposing of it.

I have a tiny kitchen with only room for a few pots and pans, which is pretty much the norm in London. That's not a terribly viable solution, I'm afraid.

This isn't quite as bad as saying "don't poop in the toilet; wait for it to dry out before putting it in the trash", but it's in the same neighborhood.

This isn't quite as bad as saying "don't poop in the toilet; wait for it to dry out before putting it in the trash", but it's in the same neighborhood.

Neighborhood? It's not even in the same city. Your toilet was specifically designed to consume poop. The same cannot be said for cooking fats/oils and the sewer system.

>The same cannot be said for cooking fats/oils and the sewer system.

In most places, that can be said. In places where it can't, you need a more comprehensive solution than "don't do that".

You pour it back into the container it came in when it's cool, and then you throw it out, or take it to your local household recycling centre where they can dispose of it for you.

Or keep a food tin around after emptying so you can pour the waste fat into it. Or seal it in something reusable and use it as the fat for your next fryjob.

Or make them into "Fat Cakes" to feed birds my adding seeds: https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/gardening/wildli...

You have a kitchen so tiny it cannot find room for a single old tomato sauce jar? My condolences.

I pour it into mason jars. If it's a fat type that can be rendered into lard I do that, but for oils and other unsaturated fats they just get stored until the jar is full and then tossed in the trash.

The fats I cook with don't solidify at room temperature though.

I put a plastic bag in a beaker (to hold it), and pour the fat in once it's cooled down. Tie a knot, throw in trash.

Ziploc bags work for used liquid fats (after they've cooled sufficiently)

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