Can you recycle disposable bbqs?

Disposable barbecues must be fully extinguished with water and left to cool for at least 24 hours before disposal — hot BBQs cause bin fires and have killed people when dumped in dunes. Once completely cold, the whole thing usually goes in general waste; if you can empty the cold ash out, the foil tray can go to metal recycling at a push, but most councils say general waste. Never bury one in sand.

Tips

• Drench with water, wait a day, then bin
• Cold ash can go in general waste, never green waste

Which bin does it go in?

General waste once COLD (24h) — foil tray theoretically metal but ash-contaminated

Before throwing it away, see reuse, repair and donation routes.

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