- Dates
- 2020-08-31 – 2020-09-04
- Kind
- Environmental complaint
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentwaste-managementpublic-healthcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
From August 31 through September 4, 2020, several forum participants discussed an odor they attributed to burning plastic and urged residents to use the island transfer station instead of burning waste.
Evidence limits
This is a community environmental complaint, not a verified incident report or air-quality measurement. It does not establish who burned anything, what was burned, the location, exposure level, or a health effect.
Sources
- One participant attributed a chemical smell to a neighbor burning plastic and urged residents to bring waste to the transfer station; other participants said they had experienced similar odors or found burning plastic objectionable. The thread identifies no location, responsible person, measurement, fire report, enforcement action, or confirmed health effect.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015587
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Residents report suspected plastic-burning odors, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-plastic-burning-complaints-2020/, accessed [date], citing Magician and forum contributors, “What’s that smell?,” Beaver Island Forum, August 31–September 4, 2020..
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