Wishing that disposable BBQs were banned fully

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A couple of summers ago, many retailers stopped selling disposable BBQs as had a hot dry summer which could be the perfect conditions to have fires.

I would like to see these permanently banned. Why? They make people have BBQs in places which aren’t allowed such as the country parks, most beaches. People leave them and the associated rubbish behind. Seen them with packs of hot dog rolls with 1-2 left, bottles of sauce with just 2-3 hot dogs worth taken. It burns the ground. Also on beaches, people have buried them and people walk on the area - causing them to have 3rd degree burns and skin grafts.

in theory that would be good, but how would that work

I don't want to eat a bbq indoors, that's why I'd buy a disposable one and take it to a park. I've never left it behind, caused a fire or injury with one. I do it once or twice a year, it really doesn't justify spending £100+ on another kitchen appliance that I don't want or have space to store it.

I'd ban them 100%. Aside from the fire risk they are so wasteful.

I live in the Peak District and every single year there's fires caused by disposable BBQs near me. They cause such huge damage and kill wildlife.

Get rid.

Wasteful of what? Apart from the tiny amount of cellophane wrapping, everything they are made of is easily recyclable.

If an inanimate object can ‘make’ you do things OP, then I’m quite concerned. Humans usually have this thing called free will?

Absolutely ban them.Someones desire to grill some sausages outdoors doesn't take priority over protecting precious moorlands ,woodland and our countryside and wildlife that's already struggling to survive with reduced habitat. Take a picnic.Bbq in your garden or maybe have some designated areas .Unfortunately for all those sensible enough to not use them on tinder dry areas or put them out it only takes one idiot or an unnoticed spark to cause devastation to huge areas.I hate seeing them piled up in Home Bargains.Especially when it's been so dry and the nearby moors are ablaze .Yet again.

Those cheap foil ones aren’t. They just get chucked in the bin. Who is going to recycle a boiling hot bbq anyway!!

If I never again ate a barbecued sausage or burger, vegetable kebab or garlic mushroom, toasted marshmallow or s’more, I think I could cope. A picnic would be a good substitute.

Get rid of the idiots. Keep the disposable BBQs.

So people that buy disposable BBQs are seriously going to wait till it cools, break it down to its individual parts, scrub all the meat bits, fat and grease off the grill, empty and clean out the metal tray so they can be recycled?

That completely negates to whole point of disposable BBQs. The convenience and the fact you can chuck it away with no cleaning.

Come on, no ones realistically going to do that. And if they were, they'd be better getting a £10 bucket BBQ to reuse time and again.

I recycle them. They don’t stay hot forever.

No, because most non-disposable barbecues are on legs, so the heat is a metre away from the sand and doesn't raise the temperature. Disposable barbecues are used directly on the sand and can heat it up a lot.

We have a cheap, folding BBQ for camping (within campsite rules). It folds flat and stores in minimal space. It's elevated from the ground so doesn't cause scorch marks on the ground. I still wouldn't use it in a fragile, dry environment because sparks could come off or coals could be knocked out (we keep it well supervised and dowse anything that falls out with water to minimise damage risk)

And the food cooks better than on a disposable

I’d more ban them because they’re another useless piece of crap that clogs up the planet! I’d put them in room 11 with all non cardboard party stuff!!