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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Nest.

In this Badge Bit, you will set up a system for Collecting Burnables.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are you must set up a system for collecting burnables:
- Label near where burnables container is placed
    - Including mention of what materials are okay
    - If the container is durable the label can be on the container

To document this BB, post pictures or a 2-minute video depicting the following:
- Burnables Container Placement
- Label for Container & Acceptable Burnables
- A Burnable being placed in the container
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Simple but effective. I went with a paper bag so it can be burnable too and easily swapped out as needed.
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Spot selected
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Bag chosen
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Labeled and a list added.
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Cristened with old newspaper
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Since it's warm right now and we haven't been doing fires for a while, we have quite a bit of burnables piled up.
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Storage area
Storage area
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Burnables in labeled containers
Burnables in labeled containers
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Adding to the burnables
Adding to the burnables
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It looks like what is missing is
   - Including mention of what materials are okay 
   - Label for Collection Sack & Acceptable Burnables

 
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Hmm, does this work?
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Labeled burnables box
Labeled burnables box
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I'm planning to build a fire contraption soon. It'll need fuel.

Bring on The Burnables!
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Label on Bag
Label on Bag
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The first fuel
The first fuel
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Location, in the combination kitchen mudroom entryway
Location, in the combination kitchen mudroom entryway
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Here is my BB submission for "set up a system for collecting burnables."

To document this BB, I have posted three pictures:
- Collection Sack Placement
- Label for Collection Sack & Acceptable Burnables
- A Burnable being placed in the sack
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Collection Sack Placement near wood stove with sign above
Collection Sack Placement near wood stove with sign above
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Label for Collection Sack & Acceptable Burnables
Label for Collection Sack & Acceptable Burnables
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A Burnable being placed in the sack
A Burnable being placed in the sack
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We do the burn bag, as well.  Not everyone in my household follows rules well :-(, so we're down to newspapers, junk mail, and small boxes.  The labeling is for them. I got tired of fishing out things that didn't belong in there.  The rest of us are pretty good about removing plastic, foil, etc and not filling the bag with things that have food residue on them.  I keep it under the counter next to the kitchen since the table and counter are usually where burnables come into the house.

ETA: That's not showing up very well.  It's labeled:
Adolebitque

junk mail
boxes from packaged stuff
- (break them down, please; remove any plastic; no food residue)
newspaper

NOTHING ELSE
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My first post!

Using my cell phone to upload so not sure how it’s going to turn out.

Don’t actually have a wood burning stove yet but looking to make a DIY rocket stove within the week.
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Burnables bag with label
Burnables bag with label
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Placement
Placement
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Usage
Usage
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Burnables collection... close enough to the stove for convenience but not fire risk
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Container with label
Container with label
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Adding cardboard box
Adding cardboard box
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It's nice to get stuff separated.  Here is an idea about your burn barrel.  

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=burn+barrels+rocket&&view=detail&mid=BB030629D67EBA075D6CBB030629D67EBA075D6C&rvsmid=F48C92C4735F4578669AF48C92C4735F4578669A&FORM=VDRVRV

Do notice the lack of smoke which indicates a complete, clean burn of the materials.  This particular approach emits a subtle roar when it kick off.  Once started, we toss in the miscellaneous sticks and twigs from our forest floor.  

Being lazy, we use a butane torch to ignite the pile.  

We don't burn leaves.  They get mulched and left to decay over winter.  

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Here’s my submission for the burn bag bit and some fire from my last full bag, last night!
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Bag placement & list of acceptable items, also something being placed in.
Bag placement & list of acceptable items, also something being placed in.
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Burning from the bag!
Burning from the bag!
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Please note that the requirements have been adjusted to specify any type of container.  Also the label needs to be near the container but not written on or attached to it unless it's a long lasting durable container.
 
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Setting up a small burn collection, using a paper grocery bag because we have been doing grocery pickup a lot recently and have a surplus of paper bags.

Placing it conveniently next to trash can in kitchen.
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Bag, labeled
Bag, labeled
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In location
In location
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Box wine means no glass
Box wine means no glass
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to burn or not to burn, is the burning question. i think i remembered all the steps. i completed a lot of bb's yesterday...
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A nice easy one for something we were already doing here
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Setting up a burnables system! This would have been useful for so many things this past year, so ready to make this.
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Cleared this spot in the kitchen.
Cleared this spot in the kitchen.
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First fuel!
First fuel!
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A sheet on the front! Hopefully it forces people to check what is okay before even opening
A sheet on the front! Hopefully it forces people to check what is okay before even opening
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Am I able to bump this thread for badge approval?

Waiting on a few badges to get approved, so just wondering if there is any timing to know if they got missed or I just need to wait longer!
 
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I have placed our container in the kitchen near the trashcan. This seems to be the place we most often create burnable trash and the defacto place for disposing of it. This should mean that it gets used.
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Paper bag with handwritten list of allowed and forbidden things for fire place material
Paper bag with handwritten list of allowed and forbidden things for fire place material
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Burnables bag located in kitchen, adding a paper towl
Burnables bag located in kitchen, adding a paper towl
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I set this up next to our recycling bin in the garage to intercept the small burnables.

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Burnables separation from trash
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Undersink trash collection area
Undersink trash collection area
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Labeled bin added next to trash
Labeled bin added next to trash
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Paper towel being deposited
Paper towel being deposited
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Closer view of label
Closer view of label
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I used my spare box to become my burnables storage
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The box unlabeled
The box unlabeled
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My label
My label
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Attached
Attached
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Paper going in
Paper going in
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More paper going in
More paper going in
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A picture of the label I made, the container with label, and the spot I put the burnables container in our home (close to our balcons door)
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May I ask WHY we want to collect burnables from a permie perspective? I don't know what is happening with paper in the US, but here recycling paper is actually a scarce resource which they will pay for. I think to make new paper? Because paper is rare and expensive at the moment? But maybe I'm wrong and they just want to burn it themselves. Anyway, if they do make new paper from it, that would be much better than making CO2 out of it in my oven, right? Or is this about being resourceful and getting free heat? I feel like it doesn't generate much of that, though...
 
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Here's my submission. I used a cardboard box next to our furnace to hold all our burnables.
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spot by our woodpile
spot by our woodpile
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box chosen & burnables list
box chosen & burnables list
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action
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final
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The burnables box is kept in our garage since we have a fire pit.
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We got this old metal bucket which will have a second life serving as our burnables bucket.

We won't be only using it for burnables collected through normal household activity, but also bring in smaller burnables from outside, especially want to try dried pine needles to get the fire started.

It will be close, but not too close to our wood stove.
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Note: Almost there, but a picture is missing: "A Burnable being placed in the container"

 
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Almost there, but a picture is missing: "A Burnable being placed in the container"



I do have uploaded "burnables-content.jpeg". Is it not visible or what do I need to do to amend it?
 
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Set up a new location for burnables. Normally we take it out to the garage where the larger bag is and a box for the newspapers but I have noticed that sometimes we get lazy and just toss it in the garbage can.

I fold over the top of my bag to keep it from collapsing on itself and aiding the tosser in hitting the target.
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placed next to the regular garbage can
placed next to the regular garbage can
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adding paper to the bag
adding paper to the bag
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I needed to clear out a folder and had rescued this fireproof trash can from the dumpster, what better time to start a burnables collection in my office.
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Label
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Addition
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Placement
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