1. A penchant for wrapping everything in plastic and then burning the trash indiscriminately has turned Japan into the dioxin center of the world. 2. Eligible misdeeds would include shooting off fireworks, burning trash, littering public property, spitting and a host of others. 3. It started when some embers flew away from Jose Silva Jr. last Sunday as he burned trash on an otherwise lazy afternoon. 4. Ms. Jackson, who lost her home in Sanger, had noticed a neighbor burning trash across the street despite a ban on outdoor burning. 5. The Fresno landfill was the first to use a trenching method of covering trash with dirt every day, rather than burning the trash or just letting it sit. 6. People in low-income districts in Egypt often burn trash. 7. A Connecticut environmental group is urging the state to stop burning its trash. 8. Protesters also burned trash and blankets inside dormitories, creating smoky fires that were doused by prison officers, he said. 9. The fire may have been triggered by a man who burned trash in his back yard without a permit. 10. The suspected cause is highly toxic dioxins emitted when trash is burned, and the government is just starting to set limits. |