Abradable Chin wrote:You could also burn it, since you have a woodburner, and it is just a hydrocarbon.
You never know what other junk they've mixed with it, though.
Abradable Chin wrote:You could also burn it, since you have a woodburner, and it is just a hydrocarbon.
It smells truly vile and releases a number of carcinogenic chemicals.
A quick Google will confirm this.
Abradable Chin wrote:Similar effects to burning wood, then. My quick visit to Wikipedia suggest no one can say with any authority, although it wouldn't surprise anyone since most things are carninogenic, including cooked food and working night shifts.
PDQ Mobile wrote:Burning polystyrene is a disgusting and anti-social thing to do.
I think it is also illegal, on or in any domestic burner. It is illegal to do so in many European countries ( and probably in the UK) except in super high temperature waste incinerators.
It smells truly vile and releases a number of carcinogenic chemicals.
I actually didn't do this, as they phoned to book the next delivery and Mrs Mick F took the call, and she mentioned the polystyrene issue.Mick F wrote:We put the freezer blocks into the freezer, but just having a clear-out and assessment of what's in there, we decided we didn't need the blocks, so put them in a bowl of water to defrost them.Mick F wrote:Just had one of my fortnightly injections.
The pens arrive by courier every three months in a polystyrene box with ice blocks.
The ice blocks are cheap plastic bottles of frozen water and can be recycled easily with other plastic bottles.
They don't have a screw top, so I drilled a hole in one of them at both ends to drain out the water ........................ except it's not water.
It seems to be a glycerine substance, so we can't even recycle these blocks!
There are another three.
I'll be getting in touch with these people - Fresenius Medical Care ..............