Most major supermarkets ban disposable barbecues

Nearly all of the UK’S major supermarkets have now limited the sale of disposable barbecues, which have been responsible for a wave of wildfires as picnickers light them up in dry vegetation.

Morrisons, Co-op, Asda and Lidl have joined Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer (M&S) in introducing a complete ban. The move was led by M&S, which said: “We’d already stopped selling disposable barbecues near national parks and in London, but given the unusually hot and dry conditions, we’ve taken the precautionary step of removing them from sale across the UK.”

The news was welcomed on the moors of northern England. Tina Brough, from the North Yorkshire Moors Moorland Organisation (NYMMO), said: “Wildfires on grass or moorlands can be devastating and all too often disposable barbecues are the trigger. All of this is completely unnecessary and almost entirely avoidable by removing disposable barbecues from sale and NYMMO would support a total ban on the sale of disposable barbecues in the UK.”

Disposable barbecues are no longer on sale at major supermarkets