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Same in a lot of developing countries. I'm in the Philippines right now and I've seen this not only here, but in other SE Asian countries. Of course, when I do, I seek to get as far away from it as possible as quickly as possible. It doesn't seem like the local governments do anything about it even when it's reported.

When I was in Armenia last year, this was the modus operandi for removing large amounts of trash also. Just throw it on the side of the road and burn it in heaps.

that's how most of rural America still gets rid of trash.

It used to be 50 years ago. But the state where I'm from banned burning trash decades ago. I'm not saying people don't ever do it, but if you get caught you can be fined.

And is this something read somewhere, or a friend of a friend told you in NYC?

This is 100% false that most of rural America still burns trash.

I grew up on a farm, we burnt trash and stopped before I barely remember seeing any fires. Not because we are environmentalist, but because we were told to stop just like everyone else in the state.

People in rural areas here in Canada do that now in 2024.