I am used to burn permits here are valid for 24 hours, and final approval must be obtained day of... and yes, lots of idiots around. Personally, I have the fire department rules for mowing taped to the side of my fridge, temp, wind, and humidity all go into the flow chart.
Actually, given the price of freon, most of those AC/fridge Freon capture programs at dumps are money makers. I had a small can of Freon that I bought a while back, and was blown away to discover the 14oz can going for $100. Around here, they also usually pull the compressor and copper and aluminum tubing for recycling as well. Reduce, reuse, recycle and all that. The less that goes into the landfills, the longer the landfills will last.
All the best,
Peter