Comments on: Save the oceans, burn plastic

By: Radek Oborny

Radek Oborny — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 07:41:21 +0000

In reply to Mas Kodd. Hi there, thanks for the comment. Plastics that we do not recycle,unless they end up landfilled, are in fact often incinerated...and also very much loved by incinerator operators, since they are of such a high caloric value, as opposed to mixed organic waste. If your stove burns cleanly, just do what you researched is right :)

By: Mas Kodd

Mas Kodd — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 07:29:18 +0000

Thank you for your article. I have often wondered why we dont burn plastics which we can or will not recycle. They are usually made out of oil which we have a ravenous appetite for burning, so why just put them in the ground after we are done with them?? Obviously, as you have mentioned, some thought as to how we burn them is required but that is nothing new to designers of fuel burners. As to why ignorant people are so opposed to burning some plastics, we appear to live in an age where fickle feelings determine right and wrong rather than evidence. So before I read your article, I was already burning LDPE in my wood burner during winter (HDPE is well recycled where I live). While these apparently biodegrade relatively easily and quickly, we generate so much of the stuff that I wanted to at least reduce my impact. Following your article I will also add PP and PET to my list where they are in a form that is not recycled locally.

By: Radek Oborny

Radek Oborny — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 03:36:23 +0000

In reply to David S.. Hi, thanks for the comment. I think you're doing the right thing, especially by thinking about what you do critically!

By: David S.

David S. — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:34:47 +0000

I often use polyethylene bags such as those which wrap bread as kindling. I place a layer of rolled newspaper. Then a couple of poly bags with some paper inside. Then dried orange peel, twigs & chopped wood. This is in a wood stove. I sometimes chuck thin contaminated plastics food packaging on a hot fire. There is never discernible residue in the ashes. The chimney sweep is complimentary too.