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My sister moved house and noticed a weird smell from the kitchen sink. Plumber found a mini fatberg down the drain. The old bloke they bought the house from had been tipping everything down the plughole. For years.

(the emoji itself is nauseating)

How does this happen? Is it more for things like bacon grease rather than cooking oil? Because cooking oils are usually (not always, coconut oil for example) liquid to lower temperatures than water.

And every other renter after you will curse your anonymous name.

that implies you get a functioning sink when you move in and it doesnt already have issues they just covered up temporarily

Put in container, let cool, place container in trash. Empty jars or bottles are common options.

Let it cool then scrape it into a trash bag with a wooden spatula.

I use mine as a firelighter for my wood heater.

People also use it to make diesel if it's not solidified animal fat.

I just let it cool and then double-bag it. I get a ton of extra plastic bags from stores, so I hold on to them to reuse as garbage bags.

Or put it in another container you're going to throw out anyway.

There are are things you out in the cooking oil to make it harden here in Japan. It's like these flakes that look like shredded soap we can buy in the 100 yen shop. Maybe there's something like that where you live?

Everyone says put it in a container and throw the container away, but I don't have a bunch of empty containers around that I can just throw away. My best method is to, while the oil is still warm and liquid, use a paper towel or two to soak up all the oil. Usually it's safe to toss this into the garbage as is, as it will cool down considerably, but if not, give it a few minutes before tossing in the garbage. I never wait for it to harden, and I've never melted a garbage bag before. Once there's only a little bit of oil left on the pan, an excessive amount of dawn and a good bit of scrubbing will trap the oil and make it safe to dump down the drain. If you aren't using that much cooking oils, you can also compost the oily paper towels, but I'd check with your local compost folks first to make sure they allow it, as too much cooking oil can ruin a compost pile.

If it‘s not a shitton of oil, I put some napkins in th pan and let them soak. Then put the Napkins in the trash. I do that once everything’s cold, of coursey

On the other hand, it clogs the city drain pipes as well. It's your tax dollars it takes, not just the landlord's $.

There's usually a trail leading back. Grease and fats solidify very quickly in a cold sewer line.

They used to market them as "flushable" even though every municipality and environmental agency said they aren't. Advertising and capitalism rarely let science get in the way of selling you more stuff though.