RUBBISH!
RUBBISH!
It has been done here before,I know, but it is an important topic. Rubbish, trash ,crap, garbage-call it what you will. With Christmas etc. bin collection have been out of sync. The rammell has backed up! I have been burning what I can as I have an incinerator, but neighbours have it piling up on the front. This would be a real issue I think in a crisis. Any thoughts?
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Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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That takes me straight back to the binmen strikes in the 1970s - there was no concept at all of recycling, and I think in those days a lot more meat was eaten - I remember seeing lots of tv pictures of heaps of stinking rubbish, and men with rags over their mouths, shovelling it into ever bigger heaps.
The rat population would be sky high ... Weil's disease would be a problem, as would bacterial infections and tainted water.
If you were doing Grey Man disguise of your front garden/yard, then strewing rubbish around would be even more important in this situation - but I'd make sure there were no meat juices, at least. Wouldn't matter to rats, of course, but it'd make *me* feel better!
The rat population would be sky high ... Weil's disease would be a problem, as would bacterial infections and tainted water.
If you were doing Grey Man disguise of your front garden/yard, then strewing rubbish around would be even more important in this situation - but I'd make sure there were no meat juices, at least. Wouldn't matter to rats, of course, but it'd make *me* feel better!
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st3vi3
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No doubt would be, place be a mess, smell be strong, but rubbish in a survival situation could just save ya... Eg a bag or a tin
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It has gone at a tangent already! I was thinking more about disease prevention! 
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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i think the answer is simple . burn what you can , bury what you cant .
look at it as a desposable resource . lables off tins or bits or packaging can be used to help start a fire , cans /tins can be used to make a hobo stove .bits of plastic can help to keep your fire going and as for food scraps , well you shouldn`t have any unless its bits of veggies, then these go into the compost bin .
the above could only work if every one did the same .
look at it as a desposable resource . lables off tins or bits or packaging can be used to help start a fire , cans /tins can be used to make a hobo stove .bits of plastic can help to keep your fire going and as for food scraps , well you shouldn`t have any unless its bits of veggies, then these go into the compost bin .
the above could only work if every one did the same .
YES i walked away mid sentence , you were boring me to death and my survival instincts kick in .
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preppingsu
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Make sure all tins are thoroughly clean and then squashed flat so they don't take up so much space.
We use a Bokashi bin system for all raw and cooked waste which then goes into the compost along with veg waste.
http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/shop/ca ... QkFF3332D2
Burn what you can to provide heat.
However, in a crisis you probably won't be supermarket shopping so won't be having plastic waste (cellophane wrappers etc) which would cut back on what you throw out.
A challenge for 2013 would be to monitor how much waste you produce and how you could decrease it so it becomes part of your normal routine.
We use a Bokashi bin system for all raw and cooked waste which then goes into the compost along with veg waste.
http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/shop/ca ... QkFF3332D2
Burn what you can to provide heat.
However, in a crisis you probably won't be supermarket shopping so won't be having plastic waste (cellophane wrappers etc) which would cut back on what you throw out.
A challenge for 2013 would be to monitor how much waste you produce and how you could decrease it so it becomes part of your normal routine.
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Can I just mention that burning plastic to provide heat may be okay for a life or death emergency, but otherwise, I think its a no-no - burning plastics give off horrible toxins that are breathed in.
Absolutely right that rubbish will be viewed as a resource, if tshtf, as mentioned above - containers, scrap paper, compost, can all be used in various ways.
Absolutely right that rubbish will be viewed as a resource, if tshtf, as mentioned above - containers, scrap paper, compost, can all be used in various ways.
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Trish52
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In an emergency situation I wouldn't even recommend it, especially if there was athsmatics/old/children around. Not only does it stink and absolutely kill my lungs (being an athsmatic myself) It also leaves a nasty mess, spits and produces black smoke. I guess the black smoke wouldn't be bad in an emergency situation seeing as it could be used to signal help but that's it's only use I think.Arzosah wrote:Can I just mention that burning plastic to provide heat may be okay for a life or death emergency, but otherwise, I think its a no-no - burning plastics give off horrible toxins that are breathed in.
Absolutely right that rubbish will be viewed as a resource, if tshtf, as mentioned above - containers, scrap paper, compost, can all be used in various ways.
Anyone else think different?? Or do you agree with me? What's your oppinions?
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Personally I would take it to the tip myself, if that was not a viable option I would take it to the edge of town and create a dumping ground and tell others to do the same.
Best thing is not to let it build up like has been seen in the news over the years.
Best thing is not to let it build up like has been seen in the news over the years.
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