Shredder to stove device

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I recently invested in a document shredder. This means that as the year progresses I can, if I wish, accumulate a big bag of shreddings - 20x5mm.

They're no use for fuel as is because they will fly about like confetti - but is there a neat way to convert them into blocks? I know there's a system where you make papire mache in a bucket, then squeeze it in a big metal thingy and then wait months for the result to dry - but is there a neater quicker method?

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I can easily throw the shreddings away, but it seemed a bit silly to have a box of shreddings at one end of my living room and a box of kindling and logs at the other... mind you it's only domestic use so not m3 of shreddings.

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Thanks for the ideas folks - all things considered I think I'll just bin them after all!

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No fking chickens! At this rate I'll have an entire ecosystem/food chain in my garden... and be growing my own trees so I can make my own paper just so I can shred it...

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guindilias said:

Have you thought of getting some chickens and just burning them alive?

I like this.

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KrazyIvan said:

Have you thought about getting a bear and using the shredded paper for its bedding.......not as extreme as keeping chickens I admit.

The bear can shred its own damn bedding! It will also come in handy for eating any excess chickens.

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I like the paraffin idea!

Thanks Mike for the research. Clearly it works, but I think for the labour and results achieved, isn't worth it.




I just need to fit a Komodo Dragon into my ecosystem and that's the lot ready to go I think!

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Getragdogleg said:

Can you not just cut out the shredding bit and burn the paper straight away.

Ha, that's a good point. When I got the shredder it was just to dispose of paperwork. Only later did I have the thought to convert it into a conveniently burnable form. So yes, I suppose I could just keep the paperwork as A4 sheets then roll them into kindling... Arse, anyone want to buy a shredder?

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andy43 said:

How many sheets chickens will it shred at a time?

I suppose I could do an experiment. After all, it doesn't say you can't put chickens in it. According to the icons on the top, the only things you can't put in it are paperclips, CDs, ties and small children.

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Something between that and 'Will it Blend?', yes