The present subject matter provides a burner configured to burn a gas released from an instrument, for example a gas chromatography instrument, the burner comprising: a burning chamber; a gas inlet, configured to allow entry of the gas from the instrument into the burning chamber; an oxygen mix inlet, configured to allow entry of an oxygen mix into the burning chamber; a flammable gas inlet, configured to allow entry of a flammable gas into the burning chamber, and an igniter, capable of igniting gases in the burning chamber. A system for controlling the burning of a gas emitted from an instrument, a method for burning a gas emitted from an instrument, and a method for using a flammable gas as a carrier gas in a gas chromatography instrument, are also provided, as well as various embodiments thereof.