Richiesta di vietare i barbecue nei supermercati del Regno Unito mentre gli incendi continuano
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/call-ban-barbecues-uk-supermarkets-130700000.html
di coffeewalnut08
Richiesta di vietare i barbecue nei supermercati del Regno Unito mentre gli incendi continuano
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/call-ban-barbecues-uk-supermarkets-130700000.html
di coffeewalnut08
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I thought this was a blatantly obvious choice, that and fireworks should be banned from general sale.
‘Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding an immediate nationwide ban on the sale of disposable [barbecues](https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/2231761/brits-barbecue-warned-do-1), as major wildfires continue to blacken moorland across Britain. The parliamentary petition, launched by Marissa Pysarczuk on June 15, has attracted more than 8,700 signatures.
It calls on the Government to outlaw single-use disposable BBQs entirely, encourage safer reusable alternatives, and work with retailers to phase the products out of shops. Once it hits 10,000 signatures, the Government is required to issue a formal written response; 100,000 would trigger consideration for a parliamentary debate.
Ms Pysarczuk’s petition states that disposable barbecues are “increasingly linked to preventable wildfires” that threaten public safety, wildlife and emergency services, while also generating unnecessary waste.
She wrote: “With increasing pressure on waste management systems and growing climate-related fire risk, we believe action is needed to reduce avoidable harm caused by these products.”
The call comes as firefighters remain locked in protracted battles against some of the worst wildfires Britain has seen in years.’
Did we not all agree this should be a thing 3-5 years ago when this became more public. The fact you can still buy them is mind boggling. They’re basically a weapon at this point. Used to start fires. Even used by people with good intentions there’s always a chance of a rogue spark or charcoal not extinguished properly that will lead to a bin fire that leads to news of bush fires.
Frankly anyone lighting a bbq in a uk supermarket deserves what’s coming to them.
Can’t journalists write a decent sentence anymore?
Who cares about a petition anyway?
The Most Useless Website in Britain
https://youtu.be/I5xEsn9pIdE
Unless someone is specifically using them for arson do we have any evidence that these are leading to fires? Id assume people are using them in parks, organised campsites or at home rather than a random field which seem to be where the wildfires are.
It’s not uncommon for people to get a disposable for the veggies.
Lots of shops stopped selling them in 2022
No reason they shouldn’t do so now, when the need appears even greater
And I hope they do so before more wildfires – whether that’s one destroying acres of countryside or parts of a town/city going up from trackside wildfires (great corridors of tinder dry scrub to carry flames quickly and into adjoining parks/gardens) or the shock of a park going up
Just another day in the UK where the weird control freaks want to ban everything.
I thought it was great when Sainsbury took the lead and withdrew selling disposable bbq set because it gave them bad PR. Need to make the selling party accountable for providing it. No different to selling vape and knvies.
Is there any evidence that these wildfires were cause by disposable BBQ?
We just ban everything huh? No wonder this country is going to shit
Are barbeques actually the root cause for wild fires this year? or is this once again another thread full of midwit knuckle-brains who seemingly get off only on authoritarian bans for absolutely everything that exists in our lives.
“Disposable” barbecues should be banned outright. They never get disposed of properly, it’s hard to actually get rid of them and it only takes one left outside to start a wildfire.
Everyone in here calling for fireworks and disposable BBQs to be banned do not like freedom. You can’t idiot proof everything.
I thought they were banned already?
Last time I lit one in Asdas they called the fucking police.
Or fine those who don’t have a way to put them out properly? Example: 5 people have one disposable BBQ, ask them “where’s your extinguisher?” They reply “don’t have one”. Fined, put out and taken away
This is one of the problems with this country. You see a problem and the default “solution” is to ban it. Not to educate, or somehow make it safer. No, get it banned right away completely. There is a problem with social media? Ban it. There are some people using vpn for illegal activities? Ban it. Porn? Ban it. Someone offends someone else? Ban speech.
I mean, come on, banning things shouldn’t be the default go-to solution for everything.
How many of these fires have been proven to be caused by a bbq?
Jesus fuckingh christ can we just not keep going down the BAN EVERYTHING strategy?? Humiliating.
Given how it’s not rained properly for weeks at this point, isn’t forecast for more rain for at least another few days, various areas have or are very close to hosepipe bans and there are/have been wildfires in the UK. This actually seems like a reasonably sensible, short term, move.
I know that it’s a personal freedom thing, and it’s quite nice to have a BBQ, but unfortunately a minority who can’t extinguish a small controllable fire have to cause harm for the rest of society
This really should have happened anyway, if nothing else because even if we assume they’re being used responsibly they basically can’t be recycled. Portable ones also are not expensive.
Ban all bonfires too. The grass is too dry for embers to be landing on it.
I manage a campsite and have recently stopped any campfires or bbq, the amount of people who complain about how unfair it is is ridiculous. They just can’t seem to get it into their heads how dry it is here. Its just a big open field thats been baked for 2 months, I had one lady say “its not even the hottest its been so why now” i had to say the air temperature isn’t the issue, its the fact the ground and surrounding woodland is an absolute tinderbox. The grass fucking crunches as you walk on it yet the london decathlon warriors just can’t seem to get their heads round it
The wildfires are caused by hot summers and climate change. Bbqs are just one of many ignition sources. The fires will not stop by banning bbqs. That is just a very easy, and ultimately ineffectual target.
Just look at what is happening at France and Spain. Calling for a ban on bbqs is disingenuous and worryingly small minded.
This could be an easy slam dunk for Burnham. Which is why I’m sure the government will issue yet another incredibly boilerplate “we have no plans to introduce such a ban” response.
Interestingly barbecues aren’t banned in places like Greece and yet there are not that many fires started by them. Could be because the fines are devastating and the fire service is all seeing.
Seeing a link from AOL reminded me I haven’t updated my MySpace page for a while
Whilst OP spams the same link where a fire chief says “human activity” (which is not specifically disposable BBQs) is the main cause, I’d like someone to actually provide what percentage of those “human activity” fires were disposable BBQs.
Not “many”, “some”, “widely believed” or one single example, actual hard statistics before we go around banning stuff. If we don’t know how many it is how can we even be sure that this is a measure that is going to do anything?
What is this counties obsession with banning eveything.
Bag of charcoal, some dry wood and a box of matches and your all set, more fun too.