Used frying oil

Did you know that frying oil can be used 3 times and then should be sent to recycle? The collected oil is mostly used to produce bio-diesel or as a raw material in (non food processing) industry. 

To dispose your used oil be sure to use a non breakable bottle and that you will be able to close the recipient (When I don't have the original empty bottle anymore, I use water plastic bottles). 

You should strain the oil while pouring into the container so small particles of food do not enter the container - this could cause mold to grow. See how to dispose your used cooking oil here! There are also nice tips of how to dispose it in the garbage bin if you don't have a collecting place nearby and how to reuse it for other projects!

I don't use a lot of frying oil and I also don't use it often so it's easy to forget how many times I used it. I started to keep the oil in a used jam jar and then I started to mark the jar with indelible ink pen every time I used the oil, so if I see I would be marking the jar  for the 3rd time I know I have to dispose it after this use. Every time the jar gets empty I clean all the marks (with alcohol). 

So this is my oil jar with my reusable frying oil:

I only painted it so everyone in the house knows what it is and to decorate. I only used a empty jam jar (not exactly this one :D) and special glass coloring pens:

Don't ever put frying oil down the drain: it pollutes water dangerously and it will clog your pipes! If there's no collection system in your area dispose it in your trash bin in a closed recipient. If this would be the case then you don't need to strain the oil.