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I save a fortune on recycling costs by...

  • 07-10-2012 03:03PM
    #1
    godwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭


    Burning everything in my open fire , household waste recycled into heat = money saved.

    Thx.


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  • #2
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    godwin wrote: »
    Burning everything in my open fire , household waste recycled into heat , and money saved.

    Thx.
    You're worse than Hitler!


  • #3
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    godwin wrote: »
    Burning everything in my open fire , household waste recycled into heat , and money saved.

    Thx.
    Even tin cans?


  • #4
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    godwin wrote: »
    Burning everything in my open fire , household waste recycled into heat , and money saved.

    Thx.

    I'm telling Al Gore on you.


  • #5
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Good luck when your chimney goes on fire


  • #6
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    kelle wrote: »
    Even tin cans?

    Beer cans burn quite well in a hot fire


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  • #7
    godwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭godwin


    kelle wrote: »
    Even tin cans?


    They take at least 2 days , but they do burn.
    Old leather shoes make great burning and they remind me of turf.


  • #8
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    godwin wrote: »
    Burning everything in my open fire , household waste recycled into heat , and money saved.

    Thx.

    You've got a hole in your O-Zone OP


  • #9
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    FanadMan wrote: »
    Beer cans burn quite well in a hot fire

    As do batteries and spray cans.


  • #10
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,483 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    dog sh*t


  • #11
    godwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭godwin


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Good luck when your chimney goes on fire

    She'll be grand , I clean it every few weeks. Got the cleaning brushes in Aldi.


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  • #12
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    godwin wrote: »
    They take at least 2 days , but they do burn.
    Old leather shoes make great burning and they remind me of turf.

    Looks like you really did your research!


  • #13
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Polar bear Murderer


  • #14
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Good luck when your chimney goes on fire

    Had a few chimney fires where I used to live,another guy up the street had regular chimney fires,they just burn themselves out,cheaper than a sweep.


  • #15
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    I'd imagine that that's letting off all kinds of toxic fumes into your living room. Well done, OP.


  • #16
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭cml387


    I once burned a cider flagon in the fire.

    DO NOT DO THIS I WARN YOU.


  • #17
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    godwin wrote: »
    Burning everything in my open fire , household waste recycled into heat = money saved.

    Thx 1138 is a cinematic masterpiece.

    You monster.


  • #18
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    You realise recycling is free?


  • #19
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Nothing like the smell of noxious plastic burning in the living room.


  • #20
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    You realise recycling is free?

    But disposing of other waste isn't. And burning it in a fireplace presumably generates some heat along with the smoke.


  • #21
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭cml387


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    You realise recycling is free?


    Up to a point Lord Copper.


    It's 2 Euro to get into the recycling centre in a car in a certain midland town .


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  • #22
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    ..touching yourself at night


  • #23
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    FanadMan wrote: »
    Beer cans burn quite well in a hot fire

    Actually, burning the odd empty beer can helps to keep creosote at bay.


  • #24
    recyclebin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    If the stingy thread has thought me anything it's that argos catalogues make good fuel for burning in the stove.


  • #25
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    My name is URL wrote: »
    FanadMan wrote: »
    Beer cans burn quite well in a hot fire

    Actually, burning the odd empty beer can helps to keep creosote at bay.

    You're really going to come into your own when you hit middle age. I can tell.


  • #26
    jessiejam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭jessiejam


    You're the kind of person I curse every night when I am out walking, breathing in the manky fumes from burning shoes and the like.

    Coal is surely cheaper than leather?


  • #27
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    be careful

    a family of 3 died last year when the put a multi pack crisp bag onto the fire ,
    instead of burning it rose into the chimney, blocking the escape of the fumes.

    the 3 were found dead after being overcome by carbon monoxide , they sat watching tv and passed away.

    something so simple - yet so deadly


    but ignoring the fire risk , do you not think its a ****ty thing to, do seeing you are polluting everyone's else environment to save a few bob ?

    me , i would not do it - its just a ****ty thing to do


  • #28
    working fool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭working fool


    Look just buy a vertical wood chipper
    Place it over the toilet and
    Chip & flush


  • #29
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Recycling down my way is free,even then I had a neighbour who burnt literally every bit of rubbish in the fire.They had virtually the whole area poisoned with fumes & noxious black smoke.

    Wait 'til the chimney get's clogged up with particles from burning plastic then catches fire & you crack the flue liners,it'll be a hell of a lot more expensive to get that fixed than recycling.


  • #30
    Paulzx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Paulzx


    kneemos wrote: »
    Had a few chimney fires where I used to live,another guy up the street had regular chimney fires,they just burn themselves out,cheaper than a sweep.

    Until eventully the flue cracks and smoke(or heat) can escape into rooms through which the chimney travels.

    Worst case you die in your sleep from fumes or burn the house down.

    Best case you shell out plenty of dosh getting the flue fixed.

    Still cheaper than a sweep?


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  • #31
    gdavis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭gdavis


    under cover of darkness lob a bag or two into neighbours bin!!!!!!!!!!1


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