Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.
In Sambhaji Nagar near Daulatabad in Maharashtra, two young women, Namita Kapale and Kalyani Bharmbe, have defied convention and scepticism to build an ...
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Plastic trash is now household fuel in the world’s poorest cities where firewood and gas are out of reach
Across many urban neighborhoods in the Global South, plastic waste is being used not just as something to throw away but as a ...
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Without intervention, global plastic waste could double by 2050, a new machine learning study predicts. However, according to simulations by the study’s authors, a mix of policy interventions could ...
Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...
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