Timeline for What's the problem with burying toilet paper?
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| May 30, 2018 at 13:50 | comment | added | JohnEye | Burning toilet paper can have devastating consequences: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3725864/… | |
| Jul 4, 2017 at 17:10 | comment | added | aucuparia | Not burying TP is also a condition of getting a wilderness permit in Yosemite: nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildregs.htm | |
| Jul 4, 2017 at 16:59 | comment | added | aucuparia | Standard advice for the UK seems to be that burying TP isn't acceptable (e.g. Scottish Canoe Association guidelines - "Burning toilet paper is not recommended as it is difficult to get it all to burn, plus it is a fire hazard. Burying it is not an option.") But nowhere have I found any explanation why. | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:48 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 14, 2017 at 12:37 | vote | accept | gerrit | ||
| Mar 16, 2016 at 10:41 | comment | added | fgysin | You don't need a proper fire. On my treks I just keep a lighter with the roll of toilet paper. After being done, I light up the small crumple of used paper which normally burns completely, leaving only ash. | |
| Mar 15, 2016 at 11:36 | comment | added | Russell Steen | The problem with burning isn't in the burning per-se. The problem is that so many people fail to completely fun things so you get fire pits with bits of trash that are partially burned. When people see that they go to burn more stuff, not all of it paper. | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 21:14 | comment | added | Chris H | Burning it was the done thing on a desert hiking trip (in Egypt) I did about 20 years ago. | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 16:53 | history | answered | ShemSeger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |