Mod add "steel-plate-scrap" to empty barrel recepies.
In prototypes/recipes.lua, lines 61..69.
If I understood correctly, this allows you to generate an unlimited amount of steel.
Look this: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/471159625971138561/608399339697733647/123124_3.jpg
Also, maybe this mod needs recipes to destroy garbage without any products? In the recipe, you can configure the pollution modifier (by "emissions_multiplier"), for example, so that such recipes generate x10 pollution.