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Can I compost vegetable oil?
Yes -- with caveats.
It will decompose. Even motor oil will decompose. (Don't use this as a way of disposing the used stuff. It has lots of ungood things besides oil by the time it's used.)
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Are soybeans mainly grown for animal feed or oil production?
I found some data from the American Soybean Association on their SoyStats page to help answer this. All data is for 2019.
Soybean Product
Million metric tons produced
USD per ton
Total value
Meal
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Can I compost vegetable oil?
You can compost vegetable oil but when doing aerobic composting the disadvantage is that oil will reduce the amount of air that can get in your compost heap. If you add too much oil and/or don't ...
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Is cooking with palm oil healthy?
Using palm oil for cooking is fine from a health perspective, but not from a sustainability perspective. Often rain forests are cleared to create new palm oil plantations, so palm oil is responsible ...
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Can I compost vegetable oil?
You can also consider using vegetable oil as fuel for diesel vehicles modified for such purposes. There may be a site for people running on vegetable oil in your area, and you could donate your extra ...
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How environmentally friendly is palm oil with a certified organic label?
I recently found more information about this, so I'll self-answer. While pesticide can have a big impact on the environment, the biggest problem with palm oil seems to be the clearing of rainforests.
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