Sentences with phrase «burning piles of trash»

In the past, citizens of Campania have taken to burning piles of trash that get too big or when warm weather made them too stinky.

When atmospheric scientist Christine Wiedinmyer first went to Ghana in 2011 to investigate air pollution produced by burning different materials — from crop stubble to coal used in stoves — she noticed an unexpected potential source: burning piles of trash.

So residents and governments often burn piles of their trash in the open; removing the garbage from the land but transferring it to the skies.

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As a result, residents took matters into their own hands and started burning hundreds of piles of trash, releasing a cocktail of potentially toxic vapors.