Oils poured down your sink, garburator, or toilet may leave clogging deposits along pipes and drains, slowing down the treatment process and even once treated, contaminate our waterways. Oils are equally harmfull for septic systems. Following a few simple disposal methods will lessen the damaging impact of cooking fats, oils, and greases on our environment.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
Cut down on your intake of fried and fatty foods. Cutting back on oils used in the cooking process will have minimal effect on the finished product.
Reuse
If you've got large amounts of spare cooking oil, diesel engines can be converted to run on filtered and reprocessed used cooking vegetable oils, thus cutting back on high gas costs.
Like Cooking Grease, cooking oil can also be kept in a jar to cook with again. Be sure not to mix different types of oils and keep oils in a cool, dark place. Also, do not heat the oil beyond its smoking point as this releases unhealthy fumes and adversely affects the flavouring of your cooking.
Recycle
Save uncontaminated used cooking oil in clean, sealed metal or plastic containers and return up to 10 litres at a time to the Hartland Recycling Facility or contact one of the local recyclers below. Used cooking oil may be recycled into industrial fuel, soap, cosmetics and animal feed, among other consumable items.
Facilities
Hartland Recycling Facility
# 1 Hartland Avenue
Victoria
250-360-3030
Island Processing
Nanaimo
1-250-722-4770
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
The Environmental Story
Capital Region residents pour an estimated one million kilograms of fat, oils and greases (FOG) down household drains annually. FOG can clog pipes and treatment screens causing drainage problems, using excess energy in the treatment process and depleting oxygen from our waterways. FOGs are also harmful to septic systems.
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