Fires have raged through the winter months, despite GRAP restrictions. The repeated combustion of dry leaves, garden ...

In August, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) will meet in Geneva for what could be the last chance to force a ...

The Zero Waste Baguio Incorporated with the EcoWaste Coalition held a forum on the Health Effects of Plastics and Other ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil ...

Pyrolysis can reduce the amount of plastic waste pollution that ends up in landfills and oceans, and also convert plastic ...

Plastic waste as fuel has become so common it’s ... Bharadwaj said he began to suspect the ubiquitous nature of burning plastic for fuel after he took a city tour in Africa in 2023 where he ...

“When you introduce waste... you’re bringing in a whole ... She says the smell of burning plastic frequently wafts in, and like her neighbours, she no longer collects rainwater due to dust ...

When not disposed of properly, plastic waste can directly harm the air and water quality. Specifically, burning plastic waste releases toxic substances such as dioxins and furans, which pollute the ...

“Reducing the practice of burning plastic and adopting safer waste management practices can significantly reduce these health risks.” Tahar said the ministry had asked local governments to ...

KUALA LANGAT: For years, the stretch of road leading from Kuala Langat to Klang would be covered in smog almost every night due to peat soil fires and open burning by vegetable farmers. But the ...

The order, effective from March 27, aims to address the city’s deteriorating air quality, which has been causing severe ...