• @onlooker
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    22 years ago

    Oh, for sure. Most of is made of aluminum which, if not recycled, apparently takes 200-500 years to decompose.

    • @sexy_peach@feddit.de
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      22 years ago

      I couldn’t find a specific reason online, so I probably misremember. It’s just the throw away nature of the thing then.

      They’re terrible for the grass that they’re used on, it burns the stuff beneath it.

      • @onlooker
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        22 years ago

        Yeah, I can imagine. Some of the ones I’ve seen came with a small stand to get around this problem, which was really just a bent wire, but I guess this solution isn’t exactly commonplace. Not that it matters, disposable barbecues are a flawed concept to begin with and they should just go away.