Separating waste: used frying oil

Pouring used fryer oil or grease down the sink or toilet can cause damage to your plumbing and to the sewage system. The pipes can become blocked. You can turn in deep fryer oil or grease at a city farm or waste depot.

By turning in used frying oil separately, it can be turned into different types of biofuels.

Disposing of frying oil and grease

• Once it has cooled, pour the deep fryer oil or grease back into the original bottle or another plastic bottle or jar. Seal the container well.
• There is a special yellow ‘grease container’ at the Begin link: city farms, end link. . The city farm receives a small compensation for every litre of oil collected. By disposing of your used deep fryer oil separately, you are supporting The Hague’s city farms.
• You can also dispose of your frying oil and grease at the Begin link: waste depots, end link. .

More information

On Begin external link: www.frituurvetrecyclehet.nl(External link), end external link. you can read more about recycling grease and oil. The website also lists all the collection points for used grease.

See also: Separating waste and recycling