Human nature is the problem with both business and individual property management.
Leave folks alone at work and they develop an unbelievable tolerance for pollution.
Leave a good property manager like you all sound to be alone living inbetween polluting neighbors who are throwing away tires and refrigerators sometimes ppl to either move or give up.
At home ppl think "its only oil" when they dump it or throw it away instead of exerting the calories and thought to take the used oil back to the auto parts store in the jug the new oil came in. Or they keep burning dirty coal to heat their homes. (you've seen my link, its the truth)
So here comes big government in to threaten both private land owners and ppl who run businesses with criminal penalties they can feel.
Burning 'dirty oil' is a problem only if it is polluting the air, and adequate controls on toxic emissions are sufficient regulation to control that. As global warming due to CO2 has now been pretty effectively debunked in most thinking quarters, that is no longer an issue and we should be able to use our oil reserves with a clear conscience. Our current big government won't go along with that because the President wants cap & trade and for us to be subject to global authority, but if the people are savvy enough and hold sufficient conviction, he won't have the final word on that.
As for that 'unbelievable tolerance for pollution', I suppose that is true for some. But there will always be irresponsible people when it comes to the law, but social pressure is a powerful thing. You do not see pollution or unsightly clutter in areas with strong neighborhood associations. The people themselves rigidly govern that. In better neighborhoods even with business, you don't see unacceptable or illegal dumping because the neighbors simply won't tolerate it. Yes there should be regulation to prevent one person from violating others' rights with improperly disposing of toxic waste, etc., but the bottom line is that people must appreciate the reasons for the regulation before they will religiously follow them.
Education, social pressure, and prosperity. That is the answer. Not more and bigger government.