Specialist disposal
How to dispose of cooking oil
Small amounts of cooking oil can usually go in your household waste in a closed container. Larger amounts can go to an oil bank that takes cooking oil.
Household waste
Check what your council takes. It may ask for oil in a clear closed container labelled as waste oil.
Oil banks
Some oil banks take cooking oil as well as engine oil. The Oil Bank Line website lists them.
Keep oil out of drains
The Oil Care Campaign, run with the UK environment agencies, says never to pour oil down a drain or onto the ground.
Key facts
- Binmap lists 95 places that say they take cooking oil, including 92 tips.
- Another 428 places may take cooking oil, but they do not say so. Check before you go.
Last updated: 15 October 2026
Pages from the organisations involved
What to do
- Let the oil cool.
- Pour it into a container you can close.
- Label it as waste oil if your council asks you to.
Kinds of place that take it
- Specialist disposal points
- Recycling centres
More local guides
- Cooking oil in Aberdeen
- Cooking oil in Altham
- Cooking oil in Burnley
- Cooking oil in Clitheroe
- Cooking oil in Farington Moss
- Cooking oil in Longridge (Ribble Valley)
- Cooking oil in Portlethen
- Cooking oil in Potters Bar
- Cooking oil in Preston (Preston)
- Cooking oil in Rising Bridge
- Cooking oil in Skelmersdale
- Cooking oil in Southwark
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