By Sean Mowbray Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in developing countries than previously thought, raising serious ...

Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in ...

Plastic waste turns up in many places, sometimes piled at the edge of a road, sometimes tucked behind homes. In a growing number of cities across the .

PERTH, Western Australia, January 8, 2026 (ENS) – A new Curtin University-led study has shed fresh light on the number of households in developing countries that are burning plastic as an everyday ...

“When families can’t afford cleaner fuels and have no reliable waste collection, plastic becomes both a nuisance and a last-resort energy source. We found evidence of people burning everything from ...

Agricultural waste is often seen as a disposal problem, but new research suggests it could be a powerful tool for climate ...

A purpose-driven innovation by a Hyderabad professor shows how non-recyclable plastic can be transformed into low-cost fuel while tackling India’s growing waste crisis.

A fire broke out on Friday morning on the Oltchim platform in sounthern Ramnicu Valcea, where plastic waste is burning. "Military firefighters intervene at this time to extinguish a fire that broke ...

Today, the sculptures stand firmly on ground that once held heaps of discarded polythene- bright, towering reminders of what ...