Is There A Ban On Single Use B B Qs?

[tiggerblue10]

Or BBQs in general? If not, there should be. Not only affecting the landscape but many wildlife will die.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-62532328

Roll on the thunder storm(s) predicted for next week!

[barry1010]

Not a general ban but they banned in some places.

[ladybirder]

It breaks my heart Tigs to think about all the wildlife burned to death. Horrible.

[Hazlinny]

Did notice an article stating that supermarkets, etc. were taking them
off shelves.

[Canary42]

Yes, in some places (e.g. Southsea Common AFAIK.)

And Tesco are allegedly taking them off the shelves.

[Prudie]

I don't think they've been banned as yet but all my local big supermarkets have withdrawn them for sale. I'm sure that will help a little but the irresponsible idiots who leave these in a state to start a fire will be just as irresponsible but use a home made version like people always used to. Unfortunately we get a lot of heath fires in Dorset that are started deliberately too.

[tiggerblue10]

Breaks my heart as well. Look at what happened in Australia a few years ago.

They're battling huge fires on the continent too.

[barry1010]

Disposable bbqs are a menace, especially away from your own property. Children have been badly burned inadvertently stepping on barely buried bbqs on beaches and users don't want to put them in their cars to take home when they've finished with them.

What's wrong with soggy sandwiches, warm pork pie and sausage rolls, boiled eggs and fruitcake? Seriously though, cool boxes makes it possible to have fantastic cold picnics these days, and a pub lunch is usually a good option

[pastafreak]

That cold food may even be a lot safer to eat that poorly cooked chicken and sausages...*shudder*

[Old_Geezer]

As far as I know, voluntary bans in stores only. Some must consider the public must have more sense than to risk a fire in this weather so they have no issues with keeping them on sale rather than trying to control the population.

[Bobbisox1]

Should ban all BBQs in this hot spell but I don’t know how that would be policed

[barry1010]

Nottingham and Birmingham councils have banned bbqs in public places
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-08-10/can-you-have-a-bbq-in-a-public-park-in-the-midlands

[lankeela]

A ban won't stop the morons who would do such a thing in this heat. Anyway some will have them in their garage or shed, often they have an offer of two or three cheaper and we have some stored at work in the garage.

[douglas9401]

barry1010, what, no lashings of ginger beer?

[emmie]

our local parks have a big sign up No Barbeques, seems fair to me.

[1ozzy]

I don't see an issue with single use bbq's, or bbq's in general.
It's the irresponsible people that create the problems.
Alas euthanasia isn't an option.

[Chipchopper]

Appart from the obvious fire risks, do we really need all that aluminium going into the environment?

[barry1010]

The problem with single use bbqs used outside the home is that people aren't prepared to wait for them to cool down so they can dispose of them properly.

[youngmafbog]

//Should ban all BBQs in this hot spell //

Why? They are perfectly safe if used correctly, why do you want to ban everything?

Banning single use BBQ is pointless. As discussed above fires will always be lit and it happened before the 'invention' of a disposable BBQ. And then you have the arsonists.

Of course, forest fires can be natural, nature takes to opportunity to clear itself out and start again. All part of the natural cycle.