Global Study Reveals Widespread Burning of Plastic for Heating and Cooking

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking

This WA-led study revealed the scale of plastic burning for fuel. What are we going to do about it?

Our findings show that burning plastic as household fuel is far more commonplace than previously thought.

Uncollected waste and open burning leading causes of the plastic pollution crisis

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste management in more than 50,000 municipalities around the world. This model allowed the team to predict how much waste was generated globally and what happens to it.

Plastic Waste Used as Household Fuel in Global South

In a groundbreaking study published recently in Nature Communications, researchers Balmukund Bharadwaj, Timothy Gates, Stephanie Rose, and colleagues reveal the alarming prevalence of plastic waste being used as a household fuel across low-income communities in the Global South. This investigation sheds light on a dangerous and underrecognized environmental and public health issue with profound implications for sustainable development efforts wo…

Household burning of plastic waste in developing world is hidden health threat, study shows

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 countries, suggests a global study that raises concerns about its health and environmental…