Why is there a big fight about it being legal to burn leaves?

Burning leaves has been a problem for a while in many cities and states. It has recently been banned in my city of Moline. It is known that burning leaves pollutes in the environment. Many people thinks its an easy way to get rid of the leaves. I think it does hurt the environment and

the smoke makes a smell that not many people like. There are other things you can do besides burning the leaves you can compost, bury them, or even put them in a forrest of some sort and let them decompose. So far many places are changing there mind about burning leaves and are making it illegal. I hope eventually the problem will spread nationally and have it illegal for the whole country. I am a naturalistic person i like nature and i think that burning leaves doesn't help anything. It only makes matters worse and it in my opinion is a way of being lazy. In conclusion, I don't think burning leaves is a good thing and yes it is a big controversy in the area. Thanks for reading my post.