burning plastic carrier bags

[Brown and Boris]

Recycling or eco-nazi behaviour?

I wanted to bag up smokeless coal into old supermarket carriers so that I get no mess whilist trying to stoke the stove.

When I mentioned this to a 'green' friend they suggested they would rather I kill their children because it releases toxix thingies.

I could use paper bags but would have to buy them and get them shipped with all those nasty carbon miles.

[Tony*T3]

releasing the partially melted/burnt plastic bags up your chimney/flume could well cause long term problems such as blockages....

And yes would release undesirable toxins.

[zac510]

Plus it stinks.
Why don't supermarkets leave out cardboard boxes for us to 'recycle' like they do in Europe?

[BigLepton]

Brown and Boris said:

When I mentioned this to a 'green' friend they suggested they would rather I kill their children because it releases toxix thingies.

WIN/WIN.

[Simpo Two]

Brown and Boris said:

When I mentioned this to a 'green' friend they suggested they would rather I kill their children because it releases toxix thingies.

But they had no idea what, presumably?

[spikeyhead]

zac510 said:

Plus it stinks.
Why don't supermarkets leave out cardboard boxes for us to 'recycle' like they do in Europe?

Because it may or may not be a fire hazard, allegedly.

[chrisxr2]

Cardboard is 50 pound a ton upwards, why else do you think the supermarkets dont leave out the boxes for us?? All gets compacted and sold.

[zac510]

I had no idea it was worth that much!

[MitchT]

Brown and Boris said:

Recycling or eco-nazi behaviour?

I wanted to bag up smokeless coal into old supermarket carriers so that I get no mess whilist trying to stoke the stove.

When I mentioned this to a 'green' friend they suggested they would rather I kill their children because it releases toxix thingies.

I could use paper bags but would have to buy them and get them shipped with all those nasty carbon miles.

The mistake you're making here is having a 'green' friend.

[tomTVR]

zac510 said:

Plus it stinks.
Why don't supermarkets leave out cardboard boxes for us to 'recycle' like they do in Europe?

They used to all the time until recently, i remember at Tesco they piled them up along the wall behind the checkouts. Do doubt a health and safety risk . shame because i found them really useful.

[grumbledoak]

I doubt that an ordinary 'household' fire would burn plastic bags 'clean'; not hot enough. Which chemicals, and how toxic is another story, but I wouldn't want to, say, cook food over burning plastic.

Obviously, what you do to your idiot's kids is between you two...