Burning plastic waste releases harmful chemicals into the air, including dioxins, furans and mercury, many of which are known ...

A Mexican startup is tackling plastic waste by turning it into fuel offering an innovative approach to reducing pollution ...

However, Fichtner Consulting Engineers estimated that burning general waste ... burned for heat and electricity, but plastic and other non-biodegradable waste remains in the ground for decades.

Thick black smoke filled the sky as a fire broke out at a waste transfer facility in Barangay Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City.

Hefty was doing different things with plastic waste in different cities—making plastic lumber in Omaha, burning it for cement ...

The second issue is the inhalation of toxic pollutants from open burning of plastic waste, which poses significant health risks, particularly in regions lacking formal waste management systems.

DORAL, Fla. — Two years ago, Miami-Dade County awoke to a garbage nightmare. Both of the county landfills were nearly full, ...

Burning waste to generate heat and electricity was ... waste will produce planet-warming greenhouse gases, including plastic, metal and glass recycling which requires heat. Of course, recycling ...

In 2023, Japan alone exported about 50 million kilogrammes (50,000 tonnes) of plastic waste to Thailand. These imports were often poorly handled, with many factories burning the waste instead of ...

Thy believes the success of his company has contributed to inspiring Cambodians to understand the benefits of recycling waste and change their mindset from discarding or burning plastic. According to ...

Burning waste to generate heat and electricity was deemed the UK ... all methods of treating waste will produce planet-warming greenhouse gases, including plastic, metal and glass recycling which ...