should / may / might / will

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Do I say,1 We should not burn rubbish in public as it may arise the environmental problems.2 We are encouraged to take public vehicles instead of taking a bus or an taxi. The carbon monoxide would / will release to air might cause the haze.3  We are not allowed to have open burning rubbish as the smoke is smelly and will pollute the air.4 Smoking can affect our health. So it should be banned because that will harm our lungs.5 The toxic (released) from the factories would / will / cause a heavy haze during the days. 6 If we smoke, we will / would / may pollute the environment.

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Vincent Teo1 We should not burn rubbish in public as it may arise the environmental problems.

"Arise" is an intransitive verb. The expression you're probably thinking of is "give rise to." However, a more natural way of expressing that sentence is,
We should not burn rubbish in the open as that pollutes the environment.

Vincent TeoWe are encouraged to take public vehicles instead of taking a bus or an taxi. The carbon monoxide would / will release to air might cause the haze.

That has many problems.
- Say "use public transport" instead of "take public vehicle."
- Buses are usually considered a form of public transport!
- Exhaust fumes are not just carbon monoxide.
- The second sentence has many problems and does not link well with the first.
Try, e.g.,
We are encouraged to take public transport, instead of using individual vehicles, to reduce pollution from car exhaust fumes.

Vincent Teo3 We are not allowed to ~~have open~~ burn ~~ing~~ rubbish in the open as the smoke is smelly and will pollute the air.

Vincent Teo4 Smoking can affect our health. So it should be banned because that will harm our lungs.

The highlighted "that" refers to the banning, so your second sentence doesn't work; it implies the banning harms our lungs!
Try, e.g.,
Smoking should be banned because it harms our lungs.

Vincent Teo5 The toxic (released) from the factories would / will / cause a heavy haze during the days.

- Use "toxins" or "toxic waste" instead of "toxic."
- If you're referring to specific factories, then keep "the"; otherwise, drop it.
- "Will" is more certain than "would", so context will determined which one you should use.
- I have no idea what you mean by "during the days."

Vincent Teo6 If we smoke, we will / would / may pollute the environment.

- "Will" is more certain than "would" or "may", so context will determined which one you should use.

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