In upstate NY there is a huge controversy over "burn barrels". Some of my neighbors who some might call "rednecks" like burning plastic and other waste but I sure hate walking by when they do it.<p>Companies like Exxon Mobil have a hard time convincing regulators that it is OK for them to burn plastic<p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/exxonmobil-plastics-recycling-pyrolysis-lawsuit-california" rel="nofollow">https://www.propublica.org/article/exxonmobil-plastics-recyc...</a><p>and other high tech solutions run into trouble<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_gasification" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_gasification</a><p>Low-tech incineration of waste during the "Global War on Terror" is blamed for disabling complications in US Veterans:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_pit" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_pit</a>