Friday, January 12, 2018

Answers To Common Questions About Safe Grease Disposal NY Homemakers Have

By John Nelson


When young people first set up house, they may not have a lot of homemaker skills. Some parents make a point of teaching their children what they need to know to keep from incurring outrageous plumbing bills. This usually includes leaving faucets dripping when the temperature dips down into the twenties and not flushing cat litter down the toilet, no matter what the manufacturer says. Suggestions for safe grease disposal NY plumbers offer will also save money.

Plumbers are always asked why pouring liquid greases into the kitchen drain is such a bad idea. Since it's still in liquid form, it seems reasonable to assume it will flow right through the pipes. Greases don't stay liquid long though. It might get through your house just to back up at street level. Sewage could back up in your pipes, which is a health and environmental hazard. It pollutes streams and creeks.

Inexperienced housekeepers also question why pouring hot water or detergents after liquid greases, or dumping them down the disposal, won't work. Experts are quick to point out that water is only hot temporarily. Once it cools, the greases will harden. Disposals grind up food particles. They don't have any special properties that make them effective against grease. Regardless of advertising, detergents only delay buildup.

If pouring used oil down the drain is out of the question, there would seem to be no harm in dumping it into the trash can, some people reason. A small amount of oil, poured into an airtight container and put in the trash, may be fine. The problem comes when people pour the oil directly in the trash. The bag will be thrown onto a trash truck and dumped at the disposal site. In either case, the bag will probably break or leak.

One option that is acceptable is recycling the cooking greases and oils. You might have to take it to a drop off center yourself, but most will accept it if it is packaged correctly. You can contact the local center for more information on packaging. Recycled cooking oils are used in livestock feed and biodiesels.

Many cooks will say that throwing away used greases and cooking oils is a waste. There is no reason you can't reuse them to cook other dishes. They routinely pour used oils into airtight jars and refrigerate them until they need some more grease. These cooks argue that the extra flavor they add to a recipe is unique. Many find used bacon greases especially flavorful.

Some people save used oil, of all kinds, including motor, and mix them into one container to be recycled. This is not acceptable. Motor oil contaminates cooking oil and renders is useless for recycling. They must be kept completely separate or the recycling center won't take them.

A lot of inexperienced homemakers never think about how to dispose of used cooking greases and oils until they are faced with the problem for the first time. Instead of dumping the residue into a drain, you should contact someone who knows how to handle the situation. That's a lot cheaper than calling a plumber.




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