Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the present condition of 491 housewives in Saga City toward the disposition and re-use of cooking oil waste and to consider how home economics teachers can make the best use of the findings in their teaching. The following results were obtained. 1. Few housewives collected cooking oil waste and/or re-used it by making soft soap from it. Especially younger housewives tended to dispose cooking oil waste in an unsuitable way. 2. Though problems exist in the present condition, housewives were eager to make soap from cooking oil waste. The reclamation movement is expected to be widespread among housewives. 3. Housewives used synthetic detergent at home. Home economics teachers should teach their students what attitude residents have toward cleaning materials, what problems are made by their use, and how to find the solutions. One solution is to make soft soap. Home economics teachers can introduce it in their teaching.
