DEQ reminds residents, businesses that burning trash is against state law | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

DEQ reminds residents, businesses that burning trash is against state law | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality is reminding residents that the open burning of trash, metal, plastic and other man-made materials is against state law. The state allows open burning only in limited circumstances and only for vegetative materials such as leaves, limbs and yard debris. The open burning rule limits what can be burned outdoors and when. Key requirements incl…