What's the best way of disposing rendered fat.

[OAITW r.2.0]

I have a 2 lb coffee can filled with grease. What's the best way to dispose of it? I could throw out with the trash that goes to the transfer station, but I don't think this is the best way to do it. Any suggestions on getting rid of this stuff?

[Scrivener7]

1. Diet and exercise.

Sorry. I couldn't help it. Dieting is on my mind.

[ret5hd]

3. Uses for tallow (rendered fat)

[MiHale]

2. I'd recycle as used oil...

I got it kinda easy tho, we take our own waste to the dump, no pickup, so I can ask Joe who is in charge of the dump what to do.

Main Monday afternoon entertainment everyone’s there. Better than Facebook.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Good idea!

Will talk to the guys are the transfer station about that.

[ShazamIam]

4. I save my bacon fat in the fridge for use when frying potatoes and the beef fat(if unsalted) can be

added to bird feeders.

[Dave in VA]

6. Here's a suggestion, if you have the time...

https://whoneedsacape.com/2013/02/homemade-wild-bird-suet/

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Saved your link.....I think I will try this out in the fall.

My only problem will be the raccoons who show up at night and completely wipe out the suet.....

[markie]

8. soap!

just get some lye and voila!

[Kali]

9. if solid, you can put it in trash as is

if liquid put it in a milk jug or other container with a lid.

if bacon grease, use it to flavor and fry with.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Make soap.

[Major Nikon]

11. Reminds me of my neighbors

They deep fried a turkey and left the oil outside to cool before dealing with it. Later they found the dog lethargic after drinking a good amount of it and dumping the rest on the lawn.

[sir pball]

12. Speaking as a hobbyist soapmaker

Trash it, if you aren't going to cook with it.

Home rendered fat is only usable for soap after multiple washes with boiling water, until it's snow-white and odorless. The tiniest impurity will make your soap smell funny at best, and go rancid in mere weeks at worst. I've tried it a few times, pork shoulder does yield a ton of fat; it's not worth the effort for the return.

Plus in order to safely make soap, you need to know what kind of fat it is, and if it's a mixture of e.g. chicken and pork, you need to know the exact ratios. Unreacted lye is a catastrophically bad thing to have in soap.

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. I think I will try the bird suet route this fall.

Seems like a good option.