Plastic waste spiraling out of control Open burning of plastic waste is a vastly underestimated problem, says Gauri Pathak, who co-authored a 2024 paper defining open burning as an urgent global ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Plastic is increasingly being used for fuel by much of the world’s urban poor, to the detriment of the health of local people and their environment, researchers argue in a new commentary. As of 2021, ...

In this world, plastic is the most stubborn waste. Normally, the plastic waste gets disposed of via municipal collection, ...

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 ...

As plastic waste piles up, companies are racing to market new ways to turn it into fuel or raw materials. But not all of these so-called innovations are what they seem. A recent TikTok from Ohio ...

For steel-making communities, plastic-burning pollution is headed your way. The Department of Energy has proposed a $182 million taxpayer loan for a company that will build a plastic trash plant in ...

Plastic was, at one point, something of a wonder material. Cheap to manufacture, surprisingly durable, and remarkably versatile, plastics have played an important role in the development of the world ...

A man who scavenges recyclable materials for a living, center, walks past Marabou storks feeding on a mountain of garage amidst smoke from burning trash at Dandora, the largest garbage dump in the ...

APPCB officials said strict action would be taken against individuals and transporters involved in illegal dumping and open burning of plastic waste ...