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Should disposable BBQs be banned?

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Auburngal · 12/05/2024 17:36

Last year, many retailers, including mine stopped selling disposable BBQs due to the dry and extremely hot weather. I'm not a fan on disposable BBQs

They should be banned as:

  1. People have them in public parks and beaches which isn't allowed, unless the park has a designated BBQ area. Because of this, the ground is charred (in parks) and people leave the rubbish behind - including food. As my fellow litter wombles have found.
  2. They are a fire hazard
  3. People are injured by buried disposable BBQs on beaches.
OP posts:
viques · 12/05/2024 17:44

Yes. They caused a number of park fires in our local area last year, the grass was dry as dust and still they ignored the NO BBQ signs and lit them, and they are one of those items that people dont think about “ oh, how are we going to get this home, it’s still hot” So then they dump them. Use them in your own back garden but don’t take them anywhere else.

takemeawayagain · 12/05/2024 17:43

Yes I think it just is basic environmental sense really. We have used them before but I wouldn't be upset if they were banned. I think a lot of things though should probably be banned for the sake of the environment and wildlife not least cats, balloons, plastic cutlery, Chinese lanterns, polystyrene packaging......the list goes on and on but I doubt any of them will actually be banned.

CypressSunflower · 12/05/2024 17:43

PiranhaPeaches · 12/05/2024 17:39

Completely agree, they are totally and utterly unnecessary. The waste and hazard they create is not worth the fun, and frankly they're shit at cooking anyway.

Agree.

Blackcats7 · 12/05/2024 17:43

I agree, get rid of them. In the New Forest there were regular fires last year caused by idiots using them despite signs up saying no bbqs.

LaPalmaLlama · 12/05/2024 17:42

They should be banned but jet skis should be more banned 🤣

Snowontheroof · 12/05/2024 17:41

Yes, they should be banned. Many fires have been started by them in the countryside around here, including one which raged for two weeks in Wareham Forest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Wareham_Forest_fire

2020 Wareham Forest fire - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Wareham_Forest_fire

Prawncow · 12/05/2024 17:41

Is there a safe way to dispose of them if you’re not at home?

hoarahloux · 12/05/2024 17:40

It's not even just buried ones on beaches that cause injury. Once removed the sand stays dangerously hot for a long time.

I don't like them. Wasteful and hazardous.

PiranhaPeaches · 12/05/2024 17:39

Completely agree, they are totally and utterly unnecessary. The waste and hazard they create is not worth the fun, and frankly they're shit at cooking anyway.

Noname1000 · 12/05/2024 17:38

No I don't think they should be banned.

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