Problems with Burning Newspaper Logs in Your Fireplace
Green Home, Thinking Green, Video by Danny Lipford
While you might think that rolling up newspapers to burn in your fireplace would be an eco-friendly idea, hand rolled logs are not compressed enough to burn effectively and can actually cause damage to your chimney flue, pose a potential fire hazard, and harm the environment. Rather than burning them, a better alternative is to recycle old newspapers.
