Bonfires

[tomskip]

Which selfish so and so, living at the top end of Friern/Upland Road, is going to put their hand up and admit to lighting a bonfire every time we have a dry sunny day? Talk about anti-social! It's going to be light until 8pm ish tonight, can't you wait a bit longer?

[Tatty Mum]

Actually Southwark is a smokeless zone and if this is regular occurrence the Council can prosecute, you have my sympathy my neighbours burn any old stuff in their fireplace and some winter nights are piling smoke into the atmosphere. Report it here http://www.southwark.gov.uk/air-quality/reporting-air-quality-infringements

[KidKruger]

Wot - no fires in gardens allowed at all ?!

[Tatty Mum]

Depends what you are burning are how frequently you have them https://www.gov.uk/garden-bonfires-rules

[KidKruger]

Garden waste every few weeks ?

[Seabag]

Bbq's, Pizza ovens and burning a wood fire outdoors isn't illegal under the clean air act. However, wood and organic matter is usually ok, whereas plastic, bituminous coal

(house coal) and such material isn't.

But if you're burning wet leaves in a confined area, on a regular basis, then it can be classed as a nuisance and a smoke abatement order sought.

Different laws at work here, in that ones environmental, the other antisocial I believe.

That's the jist of it, but the devil's in the details.

[DulwichFox]

Can we burn Witches and Heretics..

When DulwichMum was around and leader of the Absolutely Fabulous Party, I was her Deputy

and Master of the Ducking Stall which she wanted to revive.

Where is she now. ?

DulwichFox

[tomskip]

Well the fire's still burning, two hours later. I will have to re-wash and re-hang all the washing I put out on the line today. We have a council who will drive up your road and collect your garden waste every single week - why would you need to burn it?

[Jennys]

Try leafleting the neighbours maybe, asking if they would be really kind and not do this in future.

[KidKruger]

I guess it depends how much garden waste - I could easily fill 30/40 brown bins !

[TE44]

http://www.airqualitynews.com/2016/10/26/waste-incinerator-emissions-study-pushed-2017/

I'm more concerned about waste emissions from

Incinerators. Link above.

[BrandNewGuy]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> I guess it depends how much garden waste - I could

> easily fill 30/40 brown bins !

What? 30-40 of the big brown bins? Every few weeks? Blimey, KK, you got yourself a jungle? :-)

[geobz]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Garden waste every few weeks ?

Dude you are the kind of guy that I would call brain-dead. You can't realise that the smoke caused from your garden waste is going to affect the whole area around you?

Wake up and stop burning crap in your garden.

[tomskip]

On the subject of brown bins, we have a 100ft garden and manage our garden waste via one compost heap and put out about 20-30 paper sacks (from the library) per year. We don't have a big fugly brown bin in our front garden, those things are empty most of the time and an eyesore.

[KidKruger]

I haven't burnt anything, but have asked some questions.

[uncleglen]

The rules used to be (the last time I needed them for an anti-social neighbour who ignored our pleas)- and before the introduction of the garden waste bin.

1 bonfire per month that burns for 1 hour at dusk - that was it

I agree with tomskip that no-one should need to burn garden waste.

[Jules-and-Boo]

what a clean, clinical place we live in.

I'd rather have a garden bonfire than all the traffic fumes.

[Angharad_L]

I love bonfires!

[Jules-and-Boo]

Me too!

[japseylarue]

Bonfires are no more disgusting than barbeques that people light as soon as the weather allows.

[Sue]

Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> I'd rather have a garden bonfire than all the

> traffic fumes.

Yes, but sadly we don't have the choice of one or the other.

So bonfire smoke is added to traffic fumes.

Apart from the smell getting on washing etc, it is really bad for people with chest complaints.

I was recently exposed to bonfire smoke for a couple of hours. I didn't notice any breathing difficulties at the time, but my asthma was very bad for several days afterwards.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> what a clean, clinical place we live in.

>

> I'd rather have a garden bonfire than all the

> traffic fumes.

Stupid comment.

[HonaloochieB]

Well I don't know about anyone else, but each time I hear the word 'bonfire' who do I think of?

Go on, guess. Do, go on.

[HonaloochieB]

Yes, of course it's, Mars Bonfire.

A fellow with a workaday enough name but reinvented himself in the best possible way as the rather great Mars Bonfire.

THAT'S MARS BONFIRE DUDES, DUDETTES AND DUDELETTES!!

I suppose it's easy enough to just go an' look up on Gurgle what the great thing he did was, but don't.

I implore you.

[HonaloochieB]

Really I'd like to do the 'reveal' shortly. I SO would.