Researchers found that many households in the Global South burn plastic waste for heat, a practice linked to toxic emissions ...

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

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

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

In many low-income areas around the world, a new behavior is alarming scientists and public health experts. With affordable fuel for cooking and warming homes becoming scant, many people are burning ...

Across many urban neighborhoods in the Global South, plastic waste is being used not just as something to throw away but as a ...

Plastic is increasingly being used for fuel by much of the world’s urban poor, to the detriment of the health of local people and their environment, researchers argue in a new commentary. As of 2021, ...

For steel-making communities, plastic-burning pollution is headed your way. The Department of Energy has proposed a $182 million taxpayer loan for a company that will build a plastic trash plant in ...

[CAIRO, SciDev.Net] Burning of toxic plastic waste as a fuel for cooking, heating, or lighting fires has become common practice in low- and middle-income countries, driven by the absence of basic ...

This isn’t just about lighting fires. Among those aware of the practice, nearly half had witnessed others burning plastic as ...