That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

However, Fichtner Consulting Engineers estimated that burning general waste ... burned for heat and electricity, but plastic and other non-biodegradable waste remains in the ground for decades.

The European Court of Human Rights took Italy to task for not protecting citizens in an area where illegal dumping and ...

Thick black smoke filled the sky as a fire broke out at a waste transfer facility in Barangay Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City.

Burning waste to generate heat and electricity was ... waste will produce planet-warming greenhouse gases, including plastic, metal and glass recycling which requires heat. Of course, recycling ...

A Mexican startup is tackling plastic waste by turning it into fuel, offering an innovative approach to reducing pollution ...

A Mexican startup is tackling plastic waste by turning it into fuel, offering an innovative approach to reducing pollution ...

The second issue is the inhalation of toxic pollutants from open burning of plastic waste, which poses significant health risks, particularly in regions lacking formal waste management systems.

In 2023, Japan alone exported about 50 million kilogrammes (50,000 tonnes) of plastic waste to Thailand. These imports were often poorly handled, with many factories burning the waste instead of ...

Burning waste to generate heat and electricity was deemed the UK’s “dirtiest form of ... While we burn fossil fuels to generate electricity, all methods of treating waste will produce planet-warming ...