There are two great reasons to collect your used cooking oil instead of washing it down the drain. First, cooking oil can be recycled into biofuel. Ask your recycling provider if they accept containers of used cooking oil. If they don’t, check the Earth911 recycling database for a facility near you that accepts it for recycling. Even if there’s no […]
Maven Moment: Leftover Cooking Oil
My mother-in-law once told me about how she saved her used cooking fats during World War II for the war effort — they used it to make explosives. I wasn’t around then, but I do remember Grandma saved her cooking oil, particularly during the holidays when she did a lot of deep-frying for zeppoli and struffoli. After she finished a batch, […]