I have about six gallons of peanut oil left over from frying turkeys over the holidays. Anyone have suggestions for where, in Houston, I can take it to be disposed of? BFI refused to take it this morning and could not give me any alternatives.

It's funny, they want you to recycle and properly dispose of that type of stuff but they never make it easy for you to be able to do that sort of stuff.

I always just pour it down the storm drains in front of my house.....is that a problem?

Hide it in your trash cleverly, make BFI take it without their knowledge

there are some people that modify their diesel cars to run off of used vegetable oil... try to find one of those people! easy as pie..

I tried hiding it in the trash today and it didnt work.

lol, i can just see one cupful at a time going out each week.

Hah! Or just pour it into BFI's dumpster loose.

schmendeler, Willie Nelson has always ran his Mercedes off of oil.

I pour mine back in the container it came in, then put it in a plastic garbage sack and tie the top.

Some communities (usually near large chemical companies) have "household hazardous material" days ... Lake Jackson / Clute / Freeport do. They'll take old batteries, used oil, paint, thinners, etc. Ours is twice a year, and there's also a recycling center (on FM 523 between Clute and Angleton) that will take it anytime.

Anything near Katy?

Yeah.............Katy High School trash dumpsters.

Mix it with kerosene and burn it in your tiki burners when you host a survivors party in your back yard.

Rehide it in your trash better - one gallon at a time in a fairly full trash bag that is a good outdoor strong lawn and leaf bag. They will never know.

nearest apt. complex dumpster...

Why not just poor it out on the ground?

nearest apartment complex's dumpster... thats what we did with our empty beer bottles back in high school.

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Unfortunately all the collection dates listed are in the past, but if they've had one they'll have another.

Most restaurants have a grease trap that they empty routinely. Check with a McDonalds or Wendys or other fast food place ... they might let you dump it there.

if i remember correctly the ihop on university has a seperate dumpster for their grease. i saw it as i was walking past to chipotle. if all other alternatives are exhausted you could try that...

peanut oil pops.

Find a restaurant place it outside their back door and they can add it to their recycling. When I managed a restaurant in BCS, I would find "donations" all the time. I didn't care because a company paid us for the used oil that they would collect from us, more money for me!

hair pomade?

We're not talking motor oil here. Since when is peanut oil considered hazardous waste? Isn't it biodegradable? Since it is a kitchen waste not unlike bacon grease or other cooking oils, what's the harm of lubricating the inside of the garbage disposal with the stuff.

Most transfer stations/landfills have an oil disposal collection area.

Many of the oil change places in a city will recycle oil for you as well.

You can also add peanut oil to your compost pile and fertilize your lawn with it.

Rather than put it down the storm drain, just flush it down the toilet, gets treated faster that way. [insert winking guy here]

It is not illegal to dump peanut oil--its not harmful to the environment like motoroil is...

I made a fried turkey over christmas, and it worried me a little that I was eating something that killed the grass...

Oh well, I'd just take it to a dumpster, you dont need to take it to an oil change place...

you know you can reuse the oil next time you fry....

invite some chicks over and have some hot peanut-oil wrasslin' action.