I mean i feel like the disposable part has a reason to be banned.
The people who use and do not extinguish portable bbq’s properly are the same group that will leave glass bottles on the ground, throw lit fag butts down and worse, banning the sale will not help but discriminate against those that use them properly. I can not imagine it to be a great M&S staple anyway
They should be banned while everything is so dry. I saw someone set a grass field on fire the other day… not even a heath or anything that typically burns, just a field of normally (for past 15 years) has always been green grass or mud year round.
(By on fire it was a good 10m line heading towards the hedge and required fire brigade)
But these aren’t just any old barbecues they are M&S barbecues
Good, i also wish the coop would stop selling them on moors with a big heart saying ” please be careful when using them” i mean if your aware of the damage they are doing you should stop forcing vulnerable places to have them you stupid manculians(coop head office)
Good. They’re mostly non-recyclable and when they are no one can really pick them up as they become brittle or bendy – assuming there’s a recycling bin nearby (some council tips have problems processing them, plus they’re not entirely made of recyclable materials). They’re awful at cooking anything on, too.
They’re a false economy as well. Reusable, portable ones do a better job, are often raised above the ground and after they’ve been used twice or more you’ve pretty much made your money back for a basic one.
Outright ban would be best but this is a start.
Anyone else think that ‘Breaking News’ is being used a bit flagrantly nowadays?
Thank fuck. I live near a beautiful country park and after every hot weekend, bank holiday it’s gets absolutely fucked with black scorch marks all over. It’s nothing short of it miracle it hasn’t yet burned down
Surely people will just cook on a camp fire instead, why are these disposable barbecues so dangerous?
I mean it’s good that they’re banning them, but also – who’s going to *M&S* for a disposable barbecue?!
People bought the cheaper ones elsewhere anyway.
Support it but it’s also worth considering setting up permanent barbecue grills in some places, IMO. Choose areas that *aren’t* going to cause a giant fire risk, raise the grill from the ground, etc etc.
Banning a thing without addressing the underlying reason why people do it is a shortcut to failure. People will just start camp fires in the grass or something.
Good, now do that with disposable vapes.
I’m gonna have to go back to what my forebears did then and just set fire to a sack of charcoal in the middle of the forest instead.
If you are in the need of a disposable BBQ are you really shopping at M&S?
Is this country not suitable for public barbecues like America & Australia or something? Maybe not council ran parks but private ones which will regularly be cleaned.
I’ve seen a little girl screaming in agony on a beach after some idiot used one on a sea wall then kicked it over.
Stone was superheated and kid ended up in hospital
However they are now selling small tin foil trays, small bags of charcoal and sheets of mesh next to the firelighters.
Waitrose has replaced them with personal Bear Grills.
I’d say why don’t we have public barbecues like back on Australia.
But then I remember our public bathrooms in Edinburgh were shut because of jakies doing drugs in them. My local park has had its benches removed, again because of jakies. God knows what they’d do with public bbqs.
I’m sure there used to be disposable barbecues with small metal legs that fold out to keep the base off the ground. Whatever happened to them?
They were charging for bags long before there were laws for it, maybe they will start a trend here too.
By this logic we should just ban cars because there’s enough idiots using them too. How about we just ban idiots? 🤣
Aye, the knackers who cause fires because they’re less developed than early man who had fire sussed out regularly shop at Marks and sparks.
Handful of idiots ruined it for the rest. Their banned from public spaces here
Fire brigade were literally begging people to not use them during the heat wave and they were still having to put out fires in public spaces due to them
That or every other week a child or dog has walked over the charcoals because they’ve been left on the ground (beach) etc
Only wealthy people with gardens are allowed to barbecue smh
I see people take them to the beach quite a bit. Like, that’s the last place i’d take it….heres your sand-coated chicken wing. Extra crunch.
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I mean i feel like the disposable part has a reason to be banned.
The people who use and do not extinguish portable bbq’s properly are the same group that will leave glass bottles on the ground, throw lit fag butts down and worse, banning the sale will not help but discriminate against those that use them properly. I can not imagine it to be a great M&S staple anyway
They should be banned while everything is so dry. I saw someone set a grass field on fire the other day… not even a heath or anything that typically burns, just a field of normally (for past 15 years) has always been green grass or mud year round.
(By on fire it was a good 10m line heading towards the hedge and required fire brigade)
But these aren’t just any old barbecues they are M&S barbecues
Good, i also wish the coop would stop selling them on moors with a big heart saying ” please be careful when using them” i mean if your aware of the damage they are doing you should stop forcing vulnerable places to have them you stupid manculians(coop head office)
Good. They’re mostly non-recyclable and when they are no one can really pick them up as they become brittle or bendy – assuming there’s a recycling bin nearby (some council tips have problems processing them, plus they’re not entirely made of recyclable materials). They’re awful at cooking anything on, too.
They’re a false economy as well. Reusable, portable ones do a better job, are often raised above the ground and after they’ve been used twice or more you’ve pretty much made your money back for a basic one.
Outright ban would be best but this is a start.
Anyone else think that ‘Breaking News’ is being used a bit flagrantly nowadays?
Thank fuck. I live near a beautiful country park and after every hot weekend, bank holiday it’s gets absolutely fucked with black scorch marks all over. It’s nothing short of it miracle it hasn’t yet burned down
Surely people will just cook on a camp fire instead, why are these disposable barbecues so dangerous?
I mean it’s good that they’re banning them, but also – who’s going to *M&S* for a disposable barbecue?!
People bought the cheaper ones elsewhere anyway.
Support it but it’s also worth considering setting up permanent barbecue grills in some places, IMO. Choose areas that *aren’t* going to cause a giant fire risk, raise the grill from the ground, etc etc.
Banning a thing without addressing the underlying reason why people do it is a shortcut to failure. People will just start camp fires in the grass or something.
Good, now do that with disposable vapes.
I’m gonna have to go back to what my forebears did then and just set fire to a sack of charcoal in the middle of the forest instead.
If you are in the need of a disposable BBQ are you really shopping at M&S?
Is this country not suitable for public barbecues like America & Australia or something? Maybe not council ran parks but private ones which will regularly be cleaned.
I’ve seen a little girl screaming in agony on a beach after some idiot used one on a sea wall then kicked it over.
Stone was superheated and kid ended up in hospital
However they are now selling small tin foil trays, small bags of charcoal and sheets of mesh next to the firelighters.
Waitrose has replaced them with personal Bear Grills.
I’d say why don’t we have public barbecues like back on Australia.
But then I remember our public bathrooms in Edinburgh were shut because of jakies doing drugs in them. My local park has had its benches removed, again because of jakies. God knows what they’d do with public bbqs.
I’m sure there used to be disposable barbecues with small metal legs that fold out to keep the base off the ground. Whatever happened to them?
They were charging for bags long before there were laws for it, maybe they will start a trend here too.
Perhaps spurred on by https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/2022-news/july/ban-disposable-bbqs-now-says-london-fire-chief/
By this logic we should just ban cars because there’s enough idiots using them too. How about we just ban idiots? 🤣
Aye, the knackers who cause fires because they’re less developed than early man who had fire sussed out regularly shop at Marks and sparks.
Handful of idiots ruined it for the rest. Their banned from public spaces here
Fire brigade were literally begging people to not use them during the heat wave and they were still having to put out fires in public spaces due to them
That or every other week a child or dog has walked over the charcoals because they’ve been left on the ground (beach) etc
Only wealthy people with gardens are allowed to barbecue smh
I see people take them to the beach quite a bit. Like, that’s the last place i’d take it….heres your sand-coated chicken wing. Extra crunch.