Disposing of waste
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Disposing of waste
I've got a half tin of coconut milk that's gone off, how would you get rid of it? I don't want to put it down the toilet or sink, because I know it will contribute to some fat mountain somewhere down the line, and it's not like cooking oil, where waste sites have special containers for it (I dump my used cooking oil off once a year or so).
Historically I probably diluted it with lots of washing up liquid and water, and put it down the sink, but I guess that's not really good for the environment.
Historically I probably diluted it with lots of washing up liquid and water, and put it down the sink, but I guess that's not really good for the environment.
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I usually wait until I’m just about to throw out the bin bag and tip a small amount of wet waste food in on top and rely on the other stuff to soak it up, if I can I put something fairly absorbent in first, perhaps a bit of newspaper or some packaging
I’ve got a load of plastic film to dispose of , usually I put it in the bin at the supermarket, but it’s now in the roped off bit
I’ve got a load of plastic film to dispose of , usually I put it in the bin at the supermarket, but it’s now in the roped off bit
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If you work out how much fat is in the remains of the milk, it's probably no more than gets into a sink full of dirty washing up water, or is washed out of a full dishwasher.
If you can't do as Sue suggests, I'd put it in a jar with a lot of detergent and a bit of water and shake to emulsify it, then dilute it, and wash it down the sink with a lot of hot water.
What I sometimes do with pure fat is put it into a bowl full of scrunched up paper towels to absorb it, then wrap in newspaper, and put in with the food waste/green bin.
If you can't do as Sue suggests, I'd put it in a jar with a lot of detergent and a bit of water and shake to emulsify it, then dilute it, and wash it down the sink with a lot of hot water.
What I sometimes do with pure fat is put it into a bowl full of scrunched up paper towels to absorb it, then wrap in newspaper, and put in with the food waste/green bin.
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if you have a garden, you could put it in a disregarded corner and let the soil bacteria, which can deal with the oil, do it for you. they can't cope with gallons but the odd bit now and then can be processed. if you leave it out in a dish you may find that birds come and eat it - they don't have tastebuds.
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scullion wrote:if you have a garden, you could put it in a disregarded corner and let the soil bacteria, which can deal with the oil, do it for you. they can't cope with gallons but the odd bit now and then can be processed. if you leave it out in a dish you may find that birds come and eat it - they don't have tastebuds.
I do exactly that .. I have a wild patch at the bottom of the garden, currently full of nettles that just get a booster
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scullion wrote:if you have a garden, you could put it in a disregarded corner and let the soil bacteria, which can deal with the oil, do it for you. they can't cope with gallons but the odd bit now and then can be processed. if you leave it out in a dish you may find that birds come and eat it - they don't have tastebuds.
Especially if it's allowed to soak into breadcrumbs!
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I was going to say bury it too or compost it but maybe you haven't got a garden. Just thinking of a suitable headline if you were caught burying it in a local park .
I have been known to freeze things and put them in out with the rubbish in a tied plastic bag when the dustman is due. Otherwise, as others have said, you have to pour it into something absorbent.
We don't have food bins yet, are you allowed to pour liquid into them?
I have been known to freeze things and put them in out with the rubbish in a tied plastic bag when the dustman is due. Otherwise, as others have said, you have to pour it into something absorbent.
We don't have food bins yet, are you allowed to pour liquid into them?
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Earthmaiden wrote:I have been known to freeze things and put them in out with the rubbish in a tied plastic bag when the dustman is due.
Yes, that's one of my favourite tricks and I then forget and accumulate a number of UFOs in the freezer drawer
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KeenCook2 wrote:Earthmaiden wrote:I have been known to freeze things and put them in out with the rubbish in a tied plastic bag when the dustman is due.
Yes, that's one of my favourite tricks and I then forget and accumulate a number of UFOs in the freezer drawer
I found one of those last week...
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Ended up diluting it/washing up liquid, it wasn't as fatty as I thought.
Interesting idea using the freezer as a bin, I think I'll try that, the way I've been storing old chicken bones in the fridge is not the most hygienic thing to do, but with a fortnight between binshere, in this weather you have to do something.
Interesting idea using the freezer as a bin, I think I'll try that, the way I've been storing old chicken bones in the fridge is not the most hygienic thing to do, but with a fortnight between binshere, in this weather you have to do something.
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PatsyMFagan wrote:
I found one of those last week...
You and me make a right pair, Pat
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KeenCook2 wrote:PatsyMFagan wrote:
I found one of those last week...
You and me make a right pair, Pat
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I’ve been tipping fat on our garden for years. Not a problem until last Wednesday. One of our families came for a garden visit with their new dog - 12 weeks old - with back gate shout the whole garden is secure, except the little tike, found the bit of fat I’d tipped there the day before and was eating it, including great clumps of soil!
In future I’ll put rolled oats in the pan, or stale bread (rare) and let the birds have it.
Food waste in freezer - we leave a not for ourselves so as not to forget. Well that's the theory.
In future I’ll put rolled oats in the pan, or stale bread (rare) and let the birds have it.
Food waste in freezer - we leave a not for ourselves so as not to forget. Well that's the theory.
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Do be careful of giving fat from cooking to birds - not good for them http://ww2.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-ne ... -for-birds
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I put the unwanted fat in the fridge until cold and as firm as it’s going to get ... them it’s scraped into the food waste bin and put out for collection.
Oil from deep frying is cooled ... poured into a bottle and placed next to to the recycling bin on its fortnightly collection day ... it’s collected and turned into biofuel.
Oil from deep frying is cooled ... poured into a bottle and placed next to to the recycling bin on its fortnightly collection day ... it’s collected and turned into biofuel.
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My cooking oil goes into the barrel that is collected from the restaurant next door
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scullion wrote:if you have a garden, you could put it in a disregarded corner and let the soil bacteria, which can deal with the oil, do it for you. they can't cope with gallons but the odd bit now and then can be processed. if you leave it out in a dish you may find that birds come and eat it - they don't have tastebuds.
[my bold]
Is that so? On US TV they find buried bodies from the adipose (body fat) which seems to remain evidently in the soil. Does the UK have more omnivorous worms or ants or other soil eaters? Curious is all.
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Assuming a human body weighs 80kg and is 25% fat - that’s 20 kg of fat all in one place, with other stuff Even a small skinny body would probably have 10 kg
A bit different from a cup of food waste in direct contact with soil
A bit different from a cup of food waste in direct contact with soil
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So, volume which makes sense. Maybe that's why in some cultures bodies were burnt to return only the bone ash to the ground. Of course, the atmosphere could cope with a bit of smut that would eventually rain down to earth before humans became a volume problem. We are a nuisance aren't we
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