Bonfire of the Vanities?

French scientists, have used a chamber, to investigate air pollution generated by a garden bonfire (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/10/pollutionwatch-bonfires-environment). Their study found, that a bonfire of garden waste, produced up to 30 times more particle pollution (otherwise known as 'smoke'), than a log-burning stove. Unremarkably, the bonfire's emissions were similar to those emitted by wildfires. Smoke from the log-burning stove, however, had about 12 times more cancer-causing polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The basic advice is to junk your log-burning stove and compost your garden waste.