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