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Well, I can't really offer up anything but an observational opinion since I've always lived in the 'burbs, and in a location susceptible to air pollution.

When I was a kid, back in the early 50s, everyone had a back yard incinerator. Our first house, near U.S.C, had an incinerator. Our first new house, built in a brand new, post-war tract, had an incinerator as did all others in the tract. This was in a suburb of L.A., close to the airport. Burning trash was routine. It was common practice all over the L.A. basin, if not the valley, to burn trash.

Extreme smog issues put a stop to that, and burning is now taboo. There is no doubt that burning adds to air pollution with regard to particulate matter, and many states/communities currently ban or limit wood fires in fire places when the air gets too polluted. However, when you add toxins like plastic, rubber, and paint, that is something else again.

I cannot offer an opinion on your community except to say that burning does pollute, it will affect the quality of air, especially for individuals with respiratory issues, and adding toxic materials to the mix is something that should be avoided.