Domestic plastic burning is prevalent in cities around the world, fuelled by poor waste management, survey finds.

Plastic waste turns up in many places, sometimes piled at the edge of a road, sometimes tucked behind homes. In a growing ...

Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.

A global study reveals the prevalent household burning of plastic waste in developing countries, raising serious health and ...

The practice is ‘much more widespread’ than previously realised, researchers say, with serious environmental impact The household burning of plastic for heating and cooking is widespread in developing ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Unregulated waste dumping and burning along Uyyakondan in Tiruchi raise serious environmental and health concerns for ...

A new Curtin University-led study has shed new light on the widespread number of households in developing countries burning ...

A new survey reveals that the domestic burning plastic waste is widespread in cities across the Global South, a practice ...

Taking suo motu cognisance of a news report published in a local daily, highlighting large-scale illegal plastic recycling ...

Accra’s waste problem is often described as a sanitation issue. In reality, it is an economic system hiding in plain sight. Every rainy season, plastic sachets choke drains and the city floods within ...

A new study is shedding light on households in developing countries burning plastic as an everyday energy source, causing health and environmental concerns.