Can I burn cardboard in my stove?

[Honda]

I have got a lot of cardboard trays that supermarkets use for vegetables. Can I burn them in my stove?  

[GarethM]

1 minute ago, Honda said:

I have got a lot of cardboard trays that supermarkets use for vegetables. Can I burn them in my stove?  

It mostly smoulders.

[Mick Dempsey]

Useful to help light a fire.

[spudulike]

Too much ash.

[Honda]

Thanks for the replies. I can cope with the extra ash; and i need to get rid of the cardboard anyway. But will it do any harm? 

[Steven P]

No harm to the stove. 

 

If it is a lot of card it is a lot of work to make it burn got to rake the ash out constantly and if not the top layer will settle on the card below starving the oxygen so you don't get a complete burn.

 

Better I think to have a garden fire with it - more space for the ashes - and to mix card and wood.. but again will need some attention to rake over the ashes to get a good burn. Garden fork is good. The wood in the fire keeps it going while you do this

[spandit]

Good in compost mixed with grass clippings

[daveatdave]

just put it in the recycling bin 

[scbk]

Free heat, whack it on!

 

Sine they changed the recycling bins here to a separate bin (every 3 weeks) for paper and card, I've never once put that bin out.

 

All paper and card is either burnt on the stove or composted (or used as weed suppressant).

[Stubby]

I start mt stove with egg boxes , toilet roll middles etc etc .