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Turn paper into fire - PEM BB wastestreams.sand.fire

BB household waste streams - sand badge
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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Waste Streams.

Paper and newspaper tends to arrive at our houses even if we don't want it.  One way to use it is to start fires.  Let's come up with a simple system to store that paper for use in winter!

 

Minimum requirements:
  - Come up with a system to hold paper and/or newspapers for use in fire starting
  - Must be tidy looking
  - Must be more than 2' from your wood burning device
  - This is not making fire starters with wax or other materials, it's just storing the paper in a nice manner

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - Place where storage will happen
  - System in place
  - System in use with waste paper accumulating
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I have noticed a decrease in the amount of air pillows and bubble used to ship items and an increase in brown packaging paper. I tear the paper into 2-3' sections and twist tightly.
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Cute basket - labeled with packaging paper twists inside it. Basket is more than 2' away from fire and reasy for use!
Cute basket - labeled with packaging paper twists inside it. Basket is more than 2
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Before
Before
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Cute basket ready for fire starting twists
Cute basket ready for fire starting twists
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Partially filled basket with close up of twist
Partially filled basket with close up of twist
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