If you're like most Americans, you get thousands of sheets of junk mail every year and every year that amount seems to double, cluttering up our countertops and forming massive piles around Christmas time (catalog after catalog after catalog).
Most Americans toss this in the trash or recycle bin (kudos to them), and some burn it in their backyard. When we get annoyed by something, we generally want to get rid of it right away.
Why get rid of a free resource?
The ones who are burning their junk mail are on the right track, but they should be directing that heat toward their homes in the winter months.
With a little modification, all those vast piles of junk mail can become excellent fuel; fuel that you never have to pay for and is essentially unlimited. Learn how on the next page.
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Willis this is what I was talking about recently
Toby Horton
The key item is paper. You mush wet paper into a log.
Whatchoo talking bout, Willis?
Try making a mold with a hole through the center, similar to a roll of toilet paper. You will get better air flow and a better burn 🙂
This actually burns really well. Leaves very little ash and stacks like a dream, but then I make mine looking like the shape of a large Velveeta box.
I’m all about creating less garbage for the dumpsites. But you’re not going to convince me that this process is feasible in terms of energy output vs energy gain. The time and money would be better spent cutting and splitting fallen trees. Besides, the internet was supposed to save us megatons of paper waste.
Mix sawdust in for longer burning.
Interesting does it burn clean
Already making them just a smaller version and they burn great and last a long time aswell these are for my homeless mate who lives in a tent
I was under the impression that burning glossy paper was not a good idea because the dyes that are used for the ink can be poisonous in gaseous form. Is this incorrect? Anyone know?
Interesting.
Paper brick? Burns good but don’t it take a long time and a lot of paper?
I’ve actually done this when I was in Hawaii. A few things to keep in mind, 1) it takes a while to fully dry, my experience was about a month, but you’ll feel a significant weight difference when it is. 2) it does burn decently well. 3) it will not make a raging fire nor will it kick out a ton of heat, but it does ash nicely. 4) it’s messy to make…..but it’s a great project to involve the kids in. 5) I think a good improvement would be to cut out the bottom of the bucket with that you put the paper in and replace it with a tight grid wire fence type material. I found that if you drill holes in the bucket small enough for the chunks to not flow out of, they clog the hole, of you drill them bigger, they flow right through it. I think the screen bottom, if landed on a set of 2×4’s for support would allow the water to press straight out of the bottom much more easily. I will try it this summer and pass on my findings.
Not sure, but when you burn glossy paper and the flames are green, that can’t be good.
Good idea , I’ll be making these for my outdoor fire pit.
Not everybody has trees, especially in the city.
If you use a vented system its not a big issue.
Great video…I will try next year!
They take forever to dry out and they won’t burn well unless you have a lot of well established heat and coals. We have soaked a few in kerosene and they burn well like that for a very long time.
Steven Bishop
I use my lint n fabric softener sheets to make fire starter packs for when the shtf or camping ⛺️
Lint!
If they used non toxic inks and chemicals in the paper products, it would be better for the environment to recycle it, or shred it and spread it back across farmers fields.
If they used non toxic inks and chemicals in the paper products, it would be better for the environment to recycle it, or shred it and spread it back across farmers fields.
If they used non toxic inks and chemicals in the paper products, it would be better for the environment to recycle it, or shred it and spread it back across farmers fields.
Tuna
Rich Villani
Amy Caldwell
Thomas Gunter
Keith Raymond
yes!!