Chicken pecking

[Linda]

Can anyone advise me on the best way to dispose of cooking oil? If I only use a little bit I tend to let it soak into the rubbish in the bin, but occasionally I use more and never know what to do with it! Lizzy has made samosas which need frying so I'll have a panful to get rid of! Any ideas very welcome.

[Guest]

All I can suggest is putting it in a jar/bottle and then throwing it away. Not very green, sorry

 

We bought some fat traps, which are little plastic jars and you put your used fat in them and then you can make fat-balls for the birds, although we have never managed to make any as we don't use hard fat so they were a bit of a waste of money

 

Or, your local council/tip may have somewhere to dispose of it, some of them have disposal vats for local restaurants etc.

[Linda]

Thanks for the suggestions Debs. Maybe I'll have to completely convert to hard fats and keep the birds well fed this winter!

[cabbagepatch]

hmm, just had a thought, i make fat balls for the wild birds, can i give some to the chooks as well?

[The Dogmother]

Sorry, no - it isn't good for them.

[Louise]

I pour waste oil back into an empty oil bottle before putting it in the bucket my council doesn't take that sort of plastic do the bottle would go in the bin anyway

[bunee1]

When i was little ahhh me and my dad used to make seed cakes for the birds with leftover fat crumbs etc and a good handfull of bird seed melt the fat add stuff and let it set ,turn out on to bird table,blue tits and robins love it...