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   Guest_ | Sep 11, 2000 07:04pm | #1

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   Burning PT wood will release dioxins into the air. Need to landfill them.

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   Guest_ | Sep 11, 2000 10:19pm | #2

   *Roman, put em out in the front yard and stick a free sign on em. They'll be gone by morning unless nobody drives by.

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   Guest_ | Sep 12, 2000 12:10am | #3

   *If the pressure treated wood contains arsenic, as most do, then the burning will concentrate the arsenic in the ash to a possibly lethal level. A newspaper report of some time back reported that cows were killed from the arsenic and other heavy metals when they grazed through an area where pressure treated posts had been burned. The article stated that as little as one table spoon of the concentrated ash could be lethal. Most landfills will accept pressure treated waste while some areas that incinerate trash will not. I have been told that while the wood itself is not considered toxic waste in most jurisdictions, the sawdust that results from cutting the wood is considered toxic waste.As to the, I hope, joking reference to set the stuff on the curb, consider the repercussions in our litigious society if some guy takes the stuff home, cuts it up, burns it in his fireplace, and his kids get sick as a result...

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   Guest_ | Sep 12, 2000 07:35pm | #5

   *Good point. I guess you better put them in front of your neighbors yard with a free sign on them. This will also guarantee you'll find a use for them two days after their gone.Really, are you that frightened of our society? It's scarier to waste resources in the long run.

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   roman_sypko | Sep 12, 2000 07:35pm | #4

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   I have 10 8' 6X6's that I pulled out of the ground around my garden. Previous owner burried them as a boarder.
   The ones that were under ground are not rotted. I don't need them. Will burning cause more problems than it solves, like toxins in the ash that I miss with my shovel. Should I just dispose of?