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If small amounts of oil that hardens when at room temp, like bacon fat. Throw it in a tin can to cool, garbage when the can fills. Oil that doesn't harden, personally I put a bunch of dish soap into the oily pan to absorb the oil and wash it down the sink. Not sure if the dish soap does enough but seems safe to me.
If its a large amount, like for deep frying. Local recycling might take it. I know curbside pickup will take used motor oil for me, so I imagine they'd take fryer oil too.
That’s not how that works. You’re wrecking your pipes.
I don't do it with lots of oil. I mentioned putting bacon fat in a tin can, so we're talking less than you'd get cooking bacon. See my other reply about semantics of absorb. For small amounts, the oil will emulsify with the soap. Which then can be rinsed away with water. This is how it makes your dishes clean, I'm sure it works the same down the drain.
I'm not sure why you're getting so many downvotes, your system seems reasonable to me!