Cooking Oil
Cooking oil can be recycled.
Used cooking oil must not be disposed of via the drainage system as it can lead to blockages.
There are several local schemes for recycling.
Please take your old oil to The Green Centre at the Open Market on a Thursday where it will be recycled and used to support vehicles operated by Magpie and buses operated by The Big Lemon. The Green Centre accepts the following waste vegetable oils;
- maize
- olive
- palm
- rapeseed
- soya
- sunflower
- safflower
- sesame
- almond
- coconut
- groundnut
- peanut
- walnut oil
Do not worry about small particles of food matter left in the oil - this will be sieved out. However the scheme won't accept oil contaminated with animal fat.
Please save your oil in a screw top plastic bottle no larger than 2 litres. We are not able to accept glass bottles or flip top lids.
Alternatively take your oil to the Brighton or Hove Household Waste and Recycling sites. See Recycling Sites for locations and opening times.
The Brighton Slick School scheme operated by Magpie will accept same oils as listed above.
Slick schools include;
Hertford Infant School, Hertford Rd, Hollingdean, Brighton open their Slick Bin for just a couple of hours every half-term. Call 01273 552931for more details.
Somerhill School, Somerhill Rd, Hove have not confirmed their Slick Bin opening times so please call 01273 739659for details.