In article ,
"David.WE.Roberts" writes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23123549

I suppose that it saves the cost of processing it, but in this case it
would probably be far better in land fill.

"The fire has been blamed on Chinese lanterns that dropped on the
plastics."

I'm surprised something like this hasn't already happened.
They always struck me as a disaster waiting to happen.
There have been issues with cattle eating the remains of
them too.

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Andrew Gabriel
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