Is it safe to flush cooking grease down the toilet if you freeze it first?

Question

I know that regular, uncongealed grease can clog up drains.

But this shouldn't be an issue if I freeze the grease first, and flush it down in frozen chunks, correct?

By the time the grease unfreezes, it'll be way into the mainlines, right?

Answer 1

i have been draining grease for 16 years. its a myth.

Answer 2

Why not pour the grease into the plastic containers it came from, and put a lid on it and presto, either goes out as old motor oil or into the garbage can for the next pick up. Much more cleaner and quick to do. This business of freezing oil(which does not happen,BTW) sounds messy. If you don't have the cooking oil containers, what about an old vinegar bottle or antifreeze bottle or bleach bottle that is empty.

See if anybody around you drives a diesel car. they may want that "for it can be used in a diesel engine, burns the same way" just needs filtering. What they call "Bio-diesel"

Answer 3

I don't think you'd listen if I told you not to dispose of grease in any drain, but since you appear to want to... If you have very hot water, pour liquid soap in the grease to emulsify the fat, then pour it slowly down the drain in full stream super hot water and let it run a couple minutes. It's going to coagulate somewhere down the road. I really suggest getting a coffee can or even letting it cool and pouring or scraping it in a shopping bag and throw it away.

Answer 4

If you're going to go through the trouble of freezing it, why not just throw it away then? Surely you'll take the trash out before it thaws. By the way, my husband and I use old pickle jars, spaghetti sauce jars, anything glass....we pour grease into the jars, and when full we simply put on the jar lid and put in the trash. We've done it this way for years.....very effective!!

Answer 5

uh no, the frozen blocks will definitely clog up your pipes. The little blocks will catch on hairs and tissues and things in there, plus the edges will get grimy fast, making them even more likely to clog, except now they're in solid form so they can't even just slide past the first few obstacles. I would just throw it in the garbage. Freeze it first and then just pull it out right before the garbage truck comes if you have a lot so it doesn't make a mess in your can.

Answer 6

most septic tanks that will be taking cooking grease have grease traps, and a special septic tank for grease (generally not the same septic tank your toilet is run on).



so, flushing it down the toilet could be pretty stupid.



what we do at work (we cook for groups of ~100 people) is cool the grease in a tin can (doesn't need to be the freezer, refrigerator temperatures will help it congeal) and throw it in the garbage.

Answer 7

Wouldn't it be a lot easier to just pour it in the garbage can? That's provided you use plastic garbage bags, or have a container to pour it in. Your toilet is a drain, KNOCK KNOCK

Answer 8

No, dump it once it has cooled into an almost full garbage can then take out immediately to the garbage can to prevent leaks in the house.



Or pick a place outside where it won't hurt plants or the garden and dump it. I usually do this and then cover with top soil so animals won't get into it.



Good luck to you,

Kara

Answer 9

Like everyone said, it will clog up your toilet. What's worse though it might back your entire sewage system up and then you will have to replace the entire system. It costs over $6,000.

Answer 10

No, let it coagulate and use a spatula to transfer it to the garbage. That, or use an old coffee tin and when it fills throw it away

Answer 11

No, no and no. pour your grease into a can and then put it in the trash. Grease and drains are incompatible.

Answer 12

Not a good idea - it will thaw and may snag on the way and start to accumulate and then it backs up into your home and you have to call the plumber.

Answer 13

DO NOT DO THAT!!! bad , bad, Put it in the garbage. If you have a wood stove throw it in there. All animal products oxidize and can be converted to energy.

Answer 14

No, & it's illegal. Check locally, there are pick-up organizations.

Restaurants have to get rid of lots of grease, it's recyclable.

Answer 15

Why don't you just put it in a jar with a lid then you can throw it in the garbage?

Answer 16

Just throw it in the trash like everyone else.

Answer 17

Freeze it and feed the birds with it. They love it.

Answer 18

Just put it in a can and in the garbage!

Answer 19

poor into a old can and trow away or put down drain and run a lot of hot water over it

Answer 20

Just to be safe, throw some dish soap, and boiling water down with it.



If you wanted to be even safer, wash it down with some draino. :)

Answer 21

i personaly dnt ee a problem wiht it its like having diarea and flushing its waste i mean we flsh chemicals(when cleaning the toliet) downth toliet to and thats alright

Answer 22

no, it might be swimming in the sewers and yeah, just dont do it

Answer 23

no its not you aremessing up the toilet.

Answer 24

hmmmmmmm........ I am going to have to check back on this question!

Answer 25

nastY!