POOR people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil ...
Nigerian households use garbage as cooking fuel, while Indonesian soil and food samples have dangerous toxin levels linked to ...
If you’ve ever been around burning plastic, you know the acrid smell. Burning plastic releases a cocktail of chemicals associated with cancer, respiratory problems, developmental problems ...
Research led by the Curtin University in Perth, Australia has found that an increase in plastic waste across developing ...
Increased online food ordering leads to single-use plastic waste, causing environmental issues; call for conscious reduction in plastic use.
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Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...
A new Curtin University-led paper published in Nature Cities has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, a common yet hazardous practice emerging in millions of ...
Burning plastic and waste for heating is becoming increasingly common in urban areas. Credit: Nature Cities (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44284-025-00201-5 ...
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