Aren't plastics usually reasonable to burn as well? As in burning mostly produces CO2 and water? Or do common plastics contain some nasty atoms we dont want in the air in any way?
This is a good rundown: https://www.directplastics.co.uk/about_plastics/post/whats-i...
MIT says... https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/can-we-sa...
“When plastic is burned, it releases dangerous chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, dioxins, furans and heavy metals, as well as particulate.”
Done improperly, you end up with a very snokey, sooty smoke.
Done properly, you’re dealing with very high T, which is hard, and NOx production.
But, assuming you’re doing a good job... burn baby burn!
(Just separate out the per-fluorinates - HF is nasty)