Out of the frying pan

FOUR new cooking oil recycling containers have been installed around Ondara.

They are located at the recycling points in Pamis, Avinguda Marina Alta, the

Prado indoor market and Carrer Constitució.

The installation is part of an ‘information and citizenship’ campaign launched this year by Ondara Town Hall and munic­ ipal cleaning service Sinma entitled ‘Si t’estimes Ondara’ (‘If you love Ondara’) aimed at boosting recycling.

Sinma warns that used cooking oil cannot be disposed of in any other type of recycling container and must never be poured down the sink, as it is highly polluting if not correctly treated and recycled.

One litre of used cooking oil has approximately 5,000 times more contamination potential than the wastewater that circulates through the sewage system and can pollute up to 40,000 litres of clean water ­ the equivalent of one person’s yearly consumption ­ according to the municipal cleaning company.

Recycled oil can be used to make biodiesel, soap and paint, among other materials, reusing up to 97 per cent of the waste product.