Burning laserjet prints in fireplace safe?

[Muse]

I've heard that burning color printed paper, etc. in a fireplace is a bad idea because of the toxic inks. Question is, what is and what isn't safe to burn in my fireplace? For instance, I have an HP4M laserjet printer and I throw out a lot of pages sometimes. Is the toner toxic?

 

[stebesplace]

JUST toss the whole damn printer in, see what happens. . .

 

[BatmanNate]

I thought you meant the whole printer for a minute there.

 

[Mutilator]

To answer your question yes toner is toxic.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Here are the MSDSs for HP's print cartridges.

Just quickly thumbing through some of the documents, it seems the most common result of combustion is carbon monoxide. Find your exact part # and read through the safety data sheet. The sections of most interest will be #4 Fire Fighting Measures and #11 Toxicological Information.

 

[cjchaps]

Why don't you find someplace to recycle your damn paper, instead of screwing up the environment :|

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: cjchaps
Why don't you find someplace to recycle your damn paper, instead of screwing up the environment :|

They're probably sensitive documents.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: cjchaps
Why don't you find someplace to recycle your damn paper, instead of screwing up the environment :|

I hope you were trying to be funny. Otherwise, that was completely uncalled for. I didn't do it, I was just asking if it was alright? Obviously, if it is toxic, I'd be the person poisoned first. Not what I want.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: cjchaps
Why don't you find someplace to recycle your damn paper, instead of screwing up the environment :|

They're probably sensitive documents.

No, no, nothing sensitive here. I'm just cold and need something to burn, OK? Yeah, I can recycle it, and I always do. I just wondered if it was OK to burn it. A serious question sometimes deserves a serious reply. Knightbreed did provide one and a link and I'm about to check it out. Muse out.