Cooking oil turned into snack packaging in Australia-first trial

chariot pulled by cassowaries — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:11:09 -0800

Cooking oil turned into snack packaging in Australia-first trial. Hundreds of litres of used cooking oil is disposed of every year as a by-product of making some of Australia's favourite snacks, like chips — but one company is trialling a method to reduce waste.

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:17:52 -0800

I'm annoyed by "disposed of" because it implies they're just pouring it into the ocean or something, when in fact used cooking oil is a valuable commodity worth hundreds of dollars per tonne.

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Cooking oil turned into snack packaging in Australia-first trial

By: seanmpuckett