A man burns waste agricultural chemical plastic bottles collected from small scale farms in farmers are using herbicides in land preparation to reduce the increased cost of production; this has led to a surge in plastic litter in rural areas, a case previously observed in urban areas. Burning plastic waste releases harmful gases into the atmosphere. With Lack of recycling facilities farmers are resorting to burning the plastic waste.

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Keywords: agriculture, atmosphere, bottles, burn, burning, chemical, farm, herbicide, litter, man, plastic, plastics, pollution, waste