IDEM
 
Open Burning
What You May and May NOT BURN in INDIANA
 

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Residential/Homeowners and Renters

May Burn:
Clean Wood Products from trees
And bushes

Clean White Paper with no finishes or inks

 

May Not Burn:

Any waste items that are not mentioned in the "may burn" category

Plastic
Cans
Bottles
Wire
Tires
Scrap food waste refuse
Asbestos containing waste
Cardboard

May Not Burn:

Soiled household paper products -
Paper towels, tissues or toilet paper
Non-wood waste materials

Allowed burning must be in a fireproof container
i.e. a burn barrel or concrete block pit.
May request an open burn variance for large wood piles
 

Businesses, Commercial Operations and Municipalities

May Burn:

Nothing

 May Not Burn:

Any Waste items that are not 
mentioned in the "may burn"
category.

Any waste materials!

Open burning is not a method of disposal available to these operations.
 

Developers

May Burn:

Natural wood waste materials only by use of an Air curtain or Thermal Destructor with prior variance from IDEM

 

May Not Burn:

Any waste items that are not mentioned in the "may burn" category

Plastics
Cans
Bottles
Wire
Tires		 Scrap food waste refuse
Asbestos containing waste
Soiled household paper waste
Construction debris
Cardboard
 

Agricultural Property

May Burn:

Fence Rows

Field stubble and debris providing that the burning
does not create a nuisance to other property owners living in the area.

May Not Burn:

Any waste items that are not mentioned in the "may burn"  category

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Princeton Indiana Fire Department
Gibson County Princeton IN.