Domestic plastic burning is prevalent in cities around the world, fuelled by poor waste management, survey finds.

A new survey reveals that the domestic burning plastic waste is widespread in cities across the Global South, a practice ...

A new study is shedding light on households in developing countries burning plastic as an everyday energy source, causing ...

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

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, ...

A section of River Nadarugu clogged by plastic bottles near Lake Nakuru National Park in Nakuru on June 5, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The waste management sector contributes significantly to the ...

A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...

Frustrated by years of unchecked waste dumping and burning, 80 residents formed Hasiru Hejje, Swaccha Usiru. Partnering with ...