{"id":84852,"date":"2026-02-13T09:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=84852"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:23:18","slug":"laughing-gas-canisters-explode-at-waste-centres-hundreds-of-times-a-week-firms-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/laughing-gas-canisters-explode-at-waste-centres-hundreds-of-times-a-week-firms-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughing gas canisters explode at waste centres hundreds of times a week, firms say"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/376\/cpsprodpb\/3074\/live\/39f2d210-0693-11f1-ba78-fddbc49e3389.png\" alt=\"A ripped open canister that previously contained nitrous oxide, which has exploded after being heated at high temperature, or compressed, in a waste facility.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Discarded laughing gas canisters are exploding in waste facilities and risking injury to staff, several major companies tell the BBC.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cz9vl21wpgpo\"> Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Discarded laughing gas canisters are exploding in waste facilities and risking injury to staff, several major companies tell the BBC.\u00a0 Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Laughing-gas-canisters.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84854,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84852\/revisions\/84854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}