Is illegal to dump vegetable oil?

I know that dumping motor oil and petroleum based products is illegal and I do dispose of my used motor oil at a official disposal location. But whenever I have leftover cooking oil or fat from cooking, I dump it in an empty coffee can then put it in the trash when full. Is there any reason or ordinances that would prohit my just digging a hole in my backyard and pouring there. I assume that vegetable oil is competely organic and shouldn't harm the water table, but I could be wrong.Is illegal to dump vegetable oil?
Take it to a recycler. There is a market for used vegetable oil now. Otherwise, take it to a waste oil recycler (some will accept it for free).





It may not be illegal, but it is not necessarily prudent to do so.Is illegal to dump vegetable oil?
It definitely can cause problems in aquatic ecosystems too, even though it isn't toxic. The best thing to do with it is incorporate it into a compost pile, though you'd have to mix it with a lot of other stuff to prevent gas exchange in the pile. So, you'd need a really big compost pile to mix it into. Dumping it in the trash won't kill anybody, but it will eventually leach into ground water.
olive oil is organic and you can dump it but the rest of the cooking oils are man made,but I dump it anyway
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http://www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/guidance/ppg/鈥?/a>