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Re: Leaf burning issue

We of course should always be encouraging the public to use those fallen leaves as valuable mulch or to compost them. There is a large reserve of important plant nutrients in the leaves. If the leaves are burned, then the energy of the fire itself consumes most of the nutritive value of the leaves, and the smoke of course pollutes the air. The ash of the burned leaves will have some fertilizer value, but it isn't comparable to what was lost by burning them. Andrew is right too, that in many if not most places, this practice was long ago banned.
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From: H*@aol.com
To: g*@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Leaf burning issue

Leaf burning has been banned in most if not all of the urban and suburban Northeast for at least 20 years due to air quality (pollution) issues.  It may not be the constituents of the burning as much as the particulate matter and the effects on the quality of the air that we breathe.

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener
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(Published every Thursday in the Southampton Press)

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