{"id":297467,"date":"2010-02-09T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/the_conscious_consumer\/122\/the-dark-side-of-bacon.html"},"modified":"2010-02-09T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:53:05","slug":"the-dark-side-of-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/297467","title":{"rendered":"The dark side of bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even the most ardent bacon lovers will admit that that
\ndealing with leftover bacon grease is no fun. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

What should you do with it? Let’s start with what you should
\nNEVER do: Pour it down the drain. <\/p>\n

Even the tiniest amounts of bacon grease or cooking oil can
\nclog up your pipes and ultimately back up sewer systems.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Rinsing with a lot of hot water as you
\npour it down the drain won’t help. Once that grease cools down, it solidifies
\nand sticks to pipes. <\/p>\n

Luckily Earth 911
\nhas plenty of suggestions<\/a> for how to responsibly dispose, reuse, and even
\nrecycle your leftover cooking oil. <\/p>\n