Yet another... recycling plant fire

[Digby]

Not directly related, but has anyone seen the forest fires that have been edging towards Chernobyl ?

"...there are still fears that the fires could trigger the radiation, or burn radioactive material, that could reach the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, 60 miles away"

https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-fires-in-ukrain...

[dudleybloke]

Digga said:

Munter said:

Guess what! https://twitter.com/WestMidsFire/status/1250038636...

And it looked like such a well run site...honest...
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.6022571,-2.0400176...

ste Heath, Willenhall.

Could see it from here.

[outnumbered]

There was also this one last month in Reading. It was pretty spectacular. Apparently the place was recycling printer cartridges.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-51...

[MartG]

outnumbered said:

There was also this one last month in Reading. It was pretty spectacular. Apparently the place was recycling printer cartridges.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-51...

Polly Falconer, who lives nearby, said it was the "thickest, blackest smoke I've every seen".

That'll have been the magenta, cyan, and yellow smoke mixing

[fuzzymonkey]

The cause of all these fires is apparently due to lithium batteries in lots of our stuff that gets chucked out.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/28/21156477/recycl...

[dandarez]

MartG said:

outnumbered said:

There was also this one last month in Reading. It was pretty spectacular. Apparently the place was recycling printer cartridges.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-51...

Polly Falconer, who lives nearby, said it was the "thickest, blackest smoke I've every seen".

That'll have been the magenta, cyan, and yellow smoke mixing

PMS 440?

[PorkInsider]

And another...

Fire at Newton-le-Willows recycling plant on hottest day of year https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-5...

[hyphen]

Do council run tips ever have fires?

Or just the private ones?

[StanleyT]

Which lead to this local (Runcorn) optical illusion........note smoke should usually come out the chimney at a power station...........not the cooling towers.

[paulw123]

hyphen said:

Do council run tips ever have fires?

Or just the private ones?

No as there is no financial gain at council owned ones

[kiethton]

hyphen said:

Do council run tips ever have fires?

Or just the private ones?

My local council one had a small fire/explosion earlier this week

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18459639.eight-...

[V8mate]

paulw123 said:

hyphen said:

Do council run tips ever have fires?

Or just the private ones?

No as there is no financial gain at council owned ones

It's much less prone to spread at a council tip which is, effectively, a car park with large bins in it, rather than hundreds of tonnes of waste piled up.

They will occasionally have a bin fire - especially in the summer, people throw out BBQs with unextinguished embers - but the fire just stays in that container.

[FunkyNige]

And we're back up and running, this time in Beccles, Norfolk.
‘A hell of a fire’ - More than 60 firefighters tackle recycling plant blaze
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-b...

[MartG]

FunkyNige said:

And we're back up and running, this time in Beccles, Norfolk.
‘A hell of a fire’ - More than 60 firefighters tackle recycling plant blaze
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-b...

Surprised there haven't been more during the hot weather

[Munter]

MartG said:

FunkyNige said:

And we're back up and running, this time in Beccles, Norfolk.
‘A hell of a fire’ - More than 60 firefighters tackle recycling plant blaze
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-b...

Surprised there haven't been more during the hot weather

Oh don't worry. There were.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/bir...

Plastics recycling factory

[230TE]

Meanwhile, possibly a bit OT but short cutting the process in Essex - just dump the plastic in a field and set fire to it there. Police and local council reportedly saying "not our problem". https://www.facebook.com/gary.thorpe.31/videos/332...

[CoolHands]

Oh look if they’re not illegally dumping it they’re burning it

[saaby93]

Shropshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-5...

'A tactical adviser, specialising in waste fires, was called in to help'

Sounds like a well paid job with a huge amount of expertise.

'Let it burn itself out'

[saaby93]

Is rubbish the same as recycling?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamsh...

[giveitfish]

"The explosive problem of 'zombie' batteries"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54634802