Transfer station/biodigester

[cakadu]

Could you please come and talk with some of my neighbors, coppertop? They burn anything and everything - high wind, drought, dry as a bone, you name it - whenever they want to.

We've got one neighbor building a house and you should see the huge plumes of smoke and flames coming off of what he is burning. A bare quarter sold beside us and while we aren't sure of whether it was the old or the new owner buring a whole pile of refuse, we could see the flames and how high they were from around 3/4 of a mile away. This occured back in December when there was no snow cover and all that dry brown grass was still showing.

I wonder what it is about people and moving to the country as they seem to think that once they own that piece of land, they can burn whatever and whenever they want.

[coppertop]

If they are creating a lot of smoke they are required to post signs on the roadway warning people about it.

You may want to check with the county and see what their fire by-law states regarding burning building materials.

Ours is very specific about what can or cannot be burned in a rural area, I was on council when it was developed and we met numerous times with the fire chief and fire guardians to make sure we didn't put things in it that were impossible to monitor.

Anyone burning refuse is required to ensure that the fire is out, so if it does start up again in the spring during windy conditions the individual who started it in the first place is fullly responsible.

There are fire bans here, no outside burning at all not even in a fire pit until we get a good rain.

My neighbour always feels that laws are meant for everyone but her, and she usually ends up with a grass fire in her yard that gets out in the county ditch. Last time it happened the fire chief dropped in and gave her an estimate of the cost to the county for sending a fire truck and water truck out to extinguish the fire, and he told her that if it happened again she would be footing the entire bill plus have charges laid against her, so she has had an attitude adjustment, not to mention looked pretty foolish to her neighbours !!

[cowman]

Linda: I believe as of last year you have to get a fire permit to burn anything as well as for a burning barrel or a burning pit? A call to your local fire dept. might be in order to ensure there is compliance...although it might not be all that good for neighborly relations!
I have a home built out door furnace so am able to burn a lot of stuff although it makes a mess of the ashes! Darned tinfoil etc.
With the new transfer station fairly close it will be less of a problem.
There is one old boy west of Bowden who has a fairly good solution to tin cans in my opinion? He digs a pit, throws all the tin stuff in there, lets it rust out and buries it! He claims it is really good for the soil...and maybe he is on to something as he raises one hell of a garden on the reclaimed site!