In Vienna, Austria there is an incineration plant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration) which burns trash to p

In Vienna, Austria there is an incineration plant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration) which burns trash to produce energy. As I understand it, they can't just burn everything at once otherwise they can't control the combustion temperature, which then produces harmful byproducts which must be cleaned out between burns, thus reducing the effectiveness. Perhaps a few plastic bottles here and there mixed inside isn't so bad, but if everyone were to do it, it would cause issues? I do know there are "trash-checkers" who dig through trash cans to find, document and fine offenders (it's apparently a fairly well-paid job too).