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It used to be fairly rural where I live. Burning was just a way of life . We live in the house my wife grew up in, and up until I moved in they never had trash pickup. Burnt everything .
I have really taken advantage of this over the years . I burnt 10 years of construction debris from the rental houses . I took out 14 large trees a few years back, and dug huge burn pits (10x10x10) to burn and get rid of the stumps .
Never needed a dumpster for any remodeling I did here. I haul things that cannot burn to my shops dumpster,and anything that I can light on fire gets burnt.
I have since cut way back, but would feel no regrets in burning an old couch , or dresser if I had to . I burn most of our paper and cardboard boxes once a week.
I am far from a green weenie, but I do not burn plastics or synthetic materials like that anymore.
I was looking at my neighbors back yard yesterday, and he has a giant fire pile built up ,with 2 mattresses, an old couch, and other furniture mixed in with all this yard trimmings and branches that are down. I am not bothered by this a bit .
Fast forward to today. My area is up and coming . 200 houses in a new housing plan right at the end of my street . Lots more to come .
Reading the FB page for our community, these people who have recently moved here, are , constantly complaining about people burning . Every weekend, you see post after post by the cackling hens complaining about it. The one lady was taking pictures of her neighbor and calling him out for tossing a few styrofoam pool noodles into his fire and posting said photos online Some of the comments were priceless .
I know they say it is bad for the environment, but I also cannot help to think it not much better to have all this stuff rotting away in a landfill somewhere .
What is your take on all this? Any of you guys burn your trash ?
Happy Easter !