Next door burning plastic

frozenfrozen

one of the first hot days of the year and the **** next door is burning plastic and other **** out of a flu attached to a little shed he has.

who can I call to get this properly dealt with? Quick google shows it's the air pollution act of 1987 that this would come under.

had to close all the windows and take the clothes off the line and there was fierce drying to be done today in the heat.

Generic Dreadhead

Ah c'mere It's tradition like. The yearly Easter Tuesday burning of the little clear plastic things that hold your Easter eggs in place. We can't lose our noble and quaint traditions like this or we won't be able to call ourselves Irish anymore

checkyabadself

frozenfrozen wrote: »

there was fierce drying to be done today in the heat.

Mam, is that you?

smash

I bet he's cooking meth!

Kovu

There's a perfect AH answer to this, but I like my clean record too much. :pac:

PARlance

Whatever you do, don't knock on his door and ask him to stop

Kristopherus

frozenfrozen wrote: »

one of the first hot days of the year and the **** next door is burning plastic and other **** out of a flu attached to a little shed he has.

who can I call to get this properly dealt with? Quick google shows it's the air pollution act of 1987 that this would come under.

had to close all the windows and take the clothes off the line and there was fierce drying to be done today in the heat.

Well, the attitude in your posts suggests you won't do the logical and sensible thing and that would be to have a quiet word with him and maybe suggest he does his burning when the wind is blowing away from your gaff. As for pollution, I doubt you are able to measure that, and it will be well gone before whoever you moan to will arrive to check.

Simon2015

I blame the bin tax for this sort of carry on.

Ruu

Quote the air pollution act of 1987 to them and see what the result is.

topper75

Yes the good folk of AH will call around OP and intervene on your behalf. You did the right thing coming here first.

frozenfrozen

Kristopherus wrote: »

Well, the attitude in your posts suggests you won't do the logical and sensible thing and that would be to have a quiet word with him and maybe suggest he does his burning when the wind is blowing away from your gaff. As for pollution, I doubt you are able to measure that, and it will be well gone before whoever you moan to will arrive to check.

Moan to? Surely I should be able to have breathable air at my own home. Sorry if my attitude isn't the best but it's one of my days off and I shouldn't have to sit inside on one of the hottest days of the year so I don't breathe burning plastic fumes.

twin_beacon

frozenfrozen wrote: »

who can I call to get this properly dealt with? Quick google shows it's the air pollution act of 1987 that this would come under.

where are you based? I know in some parts of the country, plastics can be burned as long as they go through a chimney!

sjb25

frozenfrozen wrote: »

one of the first hot days of the year and the **** next door is burning plastic and other **** out of a flu attached to a little shed he has.

who can I call to get this properly dealt with? Quick google shows it's the air pollution act of 1987 that this would come under.

had to close all the windows and take the clothes off the line and there was fierce drying to be done today in the heat.

Ring the fire service tell them there's a fire call out charge to put it out will soften there cough but you may all fall out as a result

Egginacup

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Moan to? Surely I should be able to have breathable air at my own home. Sorry if my attitude isn't the best but it's one of my days off and I shouldn't have to sit inside on one of the hottest days of the year so I don't breathe burning plastic fumes.

You live in Limerick. You were going to venture outdoors?

Kristopherus

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Moan to? Surely I should be able to have breathable air at my own home. Sorry if my attitude isn't the best but it's one of my days off and I shouldn't have to sit inside on one of the hottest days of the year so I don't breathe burning plastic fumes.

This is AH, so expect AH answers. So, in keeping with that ethos, why not go for a walk?

frozenfrozen

twin_beacon wrote: »

where are you based? I know in some parts of the country, plastics can be burned as long as they go through a chimney!

co. Clare, I hope that's not the case, but knowing this guy he probably has the page in his pocket ready to quote off to me saying that it's legal.

Fr_Dougal

sjb25 wrote: »

Ring the fire service tell them there's a fire call out charge to put it out will soften there cough but you may all fall out as a result

Won't be any fallout unless it's radioactive.

gerrybbadd

Or if you have a good hose, direct your spray towards the low chimney. say you thought there was an emergency and you were being a good neighbour

We had the same issue with Lithuanian neighbours last year. They decided they were gonna build on a jacuzzi onto the house out of perspex and corrugated iron, and put in a little wood burning stove with a tiny chimney. Result was, all the smoke would come into the upstairs windows as the chimney was beneath them.

We ended up buying our own house, but let the landlord know that we had reported the matter to the County Council. They weren't long extending the chimney up over the roof of the house when the Council called out

5rtytry56

^ definitive AH answer

everlast75

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Won't be any fallout unless it's radioactive.

Jimminy Jellikers!!!

spacetweek

gerrybbadd wrote: »

We had the same issue with Lithuanian neighbours last year. They decided they were gonna build on a jacuzzi onto the house out of perspex and corrugated iron, and put in a little wood burning stove with a tiny chimney.

How resourceful of them!

twin_beacon

sjb25 wrote: »

Ring the fire service tell them there's a fire call out charge to put it out will soften there cough but you may all fall out as a result

The person that rings will be stuck with the call out charge though!

Roger Hassenforder

twin_beacon wrote: »

where are you based? I know in some parts of the country, plastics can be burned as long as they go through a chimney!

No they can't

(neither via shopping Trolley!)

sjb25

twin_beacon wrote: »

The person that rings will be stuck with the call out charge though!

Nope owner of the property the fire is on otherwise sure nobody would call the fire service anybody can call the fire service house insurance would normally cover it but I'm sure would sort the OPs problem

twin_beacon

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

No they can't

(neither via shopping Trolley!)

im not sure whats the situation is now, but I remember over 10 years ago, there was a ban on burning any plastic, unless it went through a chimney. Its a law that can vary from county to county. it was aimed at stopping farmers from burning silage wrap.

Kovu

twin_beacon wrote: »

im not sure whats the situation is now, but I remember over 10 years ago, there was a ban on burning any plastic, unless it went through a chimney. Its a law that can vary from county to county. it was aimed at stopping farmers from burning silage wrap.

It'll illegal, often comes up over in F&F.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/environment/waste_management_and_recycling/burning_household_waste.html

Roger Hassenforder

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Moan to? Surely I should be able to have breathable air at my own home. Sorry if my attitude isn't the best but it's one of my days off and I shouldn't have to sit inside on one of the hottest days of the year so I don't breathe burning plastic fumes.

Offences under the air pollution act are regarded as nuisances, there's also waste management (burning of waste) regulations to consider.

If you are unable to enjoy your property as a result, then the council should be notified, a simple warning letter should suffice to sort it out.

They don't need to actually catch them burning the crap, you would be their witness if they need to prosecute...

Roger Hassenforder

twin_beacon wrote: »

im not sure whats the situation is now, but I remember over 10 years ago, there was a ban on burning any plastic, unless it went through a chimney. Its a law that can vary from county to county. it was aimed at stopping farmers from burning silage wrap.

You can't burn plastic

everlast75

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

You can't burn plastic

my credit card disagrees

twin_beacon

Kovu wrote: »

It'll illegal, often comes up over in F&F.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/environment/waste_management_and_recycling/burning_household_waste.html

I stand corrected, it was changed in 2009.

Discodog

A friend of mine does chimney relining. He told me that they often find lots of plastic glued to the inside of the chimney. Apparently plastic milk bottles are often used as firelighters :pac:

twin_beacon

sjb25 wrote: »

Nope owner of the property the fire is on otherwise sure nobody would call the fire service anybody can call the fire service house insurance would normally cover it but I'm sure would sort the OPs problem

I think it can vary as the local County Council controls the fire service for their area. Its to stop people prank pone calling the fire service, like in the instance in this thread. If the OP called the fire brigade for her neighbour when its not needed, why should he be stuck with the call out charge (€600 where I'm from), when he didn't ring them and, and there was no dangerous fire?

Macavity.

Block up the flue and lock the door so he's trapped inside. See how he likes breathing in those fumes. It's the only way he'll learn.

Dangerous Man

Go next door and kill them.

fizzypish

Too late now but you should have given them all the plastic that you needed burned.

gerrybbadd

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Go next door and kill them.

Appropriate user name is appropriate

fryup

stop complaining OP

and get high on the toxics, some people have to pay for that you get it for free

deffonightly

materials used for buildings in the last few years are very poor. What shape will the plastic house be in after the fire, I wonder?