Have you recently walked through your home and smelled that unpleasant, chemical smell of burnt plastic? This kind of odor can be easy to ignore or chalk up to a nearby fire or something ...

A burning plastic smell is instantly recognizable and can be concerning, especially if there's no obvious source. Tracking down the source is key to eliminating it and protecting your home from a ...

If you have a 3D printer, your nozzle and heater block are invariably covered in a weird goo consisting of decomposed and burnt plastic. There’s only one way around this – a nozzle sock ...

[File, Standard] Burning plastic in dumps and open fires is as big a problem for the planet as littering, scientists said Wednesday in a detailed new assessment of how plastic enters the environment.

But the pungent, burnt industrial smell hung in the air for days. He began to suspect it was coming from the plastic and rubber factory about one-tenth of a mile behind his backyard. That was nine ...

Nineteen percent of it is burned. The Environmental Protection Agency has permitted the burning of plastic and paper as “non-hazardous secondary waste” in power plants since 2011 ...

“If they want to say that they’re going green by burning wood fiber and plastic trash, they’ve got another thing coming,” de Jong said in an interview, also expressing concerns about odor ...

The fires have released unknown levels of toxic chemicals into the environment from burning cars, metals, and plastic.