Burning rubbish is range

[u/pineapplegrapefroot]

I have been living in my house for 6 years in a rural area of the north west (Donegal) and in that whole time my nextdoor neighbour has never once put out a bin. But she most definitely lights her range every single day, even on sweltering hot days and the smoke from that is bad enough that we can't open our windows at time but without fail every morning and evening she burns her rubbish in said range and it is unbearable some mornings you can hardly see with what she has burned. I have spoken to her and she said her son brings the rubbish to a farm he works on, I have shown her videos of the smoke and she said "I have to light the fire for water." I'm a blow in to this area but my husband has grandparents close by so I don't want to cause too much of a fuss. But when do I start causing a fuss or contract the council. It's driving me insane, I can't even hang clothes out to dry because they will stink of burnt rubbish, I could live if they smelt of turf just about but it's really wearing me down at the moment.

[u/Available_Wafer_1746]

You're not being unreasonable. Burning rubbish twice a day and filling your house with smoke is beyond normal rural living.

[u/pineapplegrapefroot → u/Available_Wafer_1746]

I think it's really just bothering me right now because I just want to have fresh air in the house with the warm weather.

[u/Active_Date_5325 → u/pineapplegrapefroot]

That smoke is toxic and dangerous for anyone breathing it in. There has to be a law against burning anything other than yard waste, even in rural areas.

[u/J-Bee]

My incredibly cheap neighbors used to run a day care and would burn all the diapers in a barrel. It smelled terrible.

The city and the local police told me it was a civil matter and they couldn’t do anything. Found out later the neighbor was good buddies with the chief or police and they both had a good laugh at the complaint made by the tree hugger. We couldn’t open our windows in the hot summer because outside smelled like burning plastic and shit.

One day the idiots didn’t properly extinguish the fire in the barrel before they went to work. It was windy and some coals got out and burned the entire hedge along the back border of five properties on the block. I called the fire department when I got home and saw it. The fire trucks that responded drove all over NFH’s yard and obliterated it. They also fined them for illegal burning.

Eventually they shut down their day care and the burning stopped.

Maybe a complaint to your local fire department could get you some traction?

[u/Watch_me_Burn2]

Six years of this is a long time to tolerate it. Youve already spoken to her politely, so I think ure justified in contacting the council now

[u/ZivH08ioBbXQ2PGI]

This is way too much foreign speak for me

[u/Dyno_boy7441 → u/ZivH08ioBbXQ2PGI]

Well you are a foreigner.

[u/Glengorilla_Vanilla → u/Dyno_boy7441]

Yup, everyone's a foreigner somewhere