Disposing of 'sposies - Bin or Burn?

[Sequoia]

A friend of mine chucks her nappies in her wood fire, she says it doesn't smell when they burn.

Thoughts??

[ubba82]

Hmmm, Ive always just thrown them in the bin.

[CrazyLady]

well better then going in landfill but i'm a little iffy. what do the chemicals do when you burn them? any toxic gases emmitted?

[Phteven]

Are they the corn based ones? They're biodegradeable so they might not stink when burnt.
I experimented with burning all sorts of stuff in my Mum's wood stove when I was a child and if you shut the door it doesn't smell inside the house but if you stand down wind from the chimney you know all about it.

[maz]

arent the gel's in the middle toxic though when burnt? and their plastic arent they???

[Phteven]

The gels in the corn ones are plant based so it wouldn't be all that differant to burning corn husks.

[*TripleJ*]

just because u cant smell it doesnt mean theres not toxic gasses in the air the reason why u cant burn treated pine we dont put plastic in ours coz it gets stuck in the flue

[LimeSlice]

yuck!

The burning plastic will emit toxic fumes, that as Bron pointed out you will smell outside the house, not in it. Not to mention the unnecessary carbon emissions created by burning it.

Can't say I would be doing it if I used sposies

[Ginger]

yeah the carbon emissions would be doing considerable environmental damage

[Sequoia]

Which is worse, carbon emissions or landfill?

We're talking Huggies too.

[CrazyLady]

would seriously think twice about burning. even though you can't smell it could be toxic gases

[maz]

wonder if this friend also put's nappies with pooh in to be burnt as well

[CrazyLady]

lol, would be like setting a bag of dog poo on fire! poor neighbours!

[Indadhanu]

Ewwww, gross!

Burning plastic Burning poo And yeah, just because you can't smell it doesn't mean there aren't toxic gases.

Hmmm, landfill vs carbon emissions...
Maybe you should covert her to cloth hehe

[AnyDream]

Oh I bet her neighbours really love the smell of her smoke hanging over the neighbourhood on a still evening!!

[LimeSlice]

lol MD - I was going to say there is a reason they made backyard incinerators illegal - because people kept burning toxic substances!

[MamaPan]

yeah delightful smell i am sure

[Astrid]

I had someone tell me to burn ours as we have to deal with our own rubbish. I was always very doubtful of it so have never done it.