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

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

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

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

The world has a plastics problem. Never mind the horrifying pictures of a seahorse riding a cotton swab or a beached whale found with hundreds of plastic bags in its stomach. Plastic pollution has now ...

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, ...

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

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