The rural communities in America, mainly the North find the only way to dispose of trash is by reducing and recycling. This has been the practical way of disposing of waste generated at home. This takes the place of burying, so it ends up in landfills, or burning, despite warnings to the contrary.

Rural areas usually have burning bans on the time and place you can burn. Some counties will issue warnings and bans on trash burning when the quality of air becomes poor, this is usually during the hottest days of summer.

The main objection to burning trash is that rather having a few places that can easily be monitored, people burn trash in their neighborhood what is often rather toxic smoke.