A fifth of all discarded plastic in the world is either littered or burned ... The rankings show some countries produce wildly different amounts of plastic pollution regardless of how big or ...

The world produces ... a large amount of plastic waste, the United States has a low rate of burning plastic, thanks to its ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic ... the world. We have gathered a collaborative, multidisciplinary team of researchers from around 35 countries ...

Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating and cooking ... The team found that many people in developing countries were unable to afford clean ...

Researchers investigated the energy consumption of developing countries in ... toxin levels linked to burning plastic," Dr. Bharadwaj said. "By 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Sydney, Feb 19 (IANS) Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating ... many people in developing countries were unable to afford ...

A world-first global register of plastic pollution, published in the journal Nature, identifies India as the biggest source of such trash and burning ... Global North countries, the biggest ...

So it's not surprising people in developing countries, mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, are putting it to use – especially as wood is increasingly scarce. But burning plastic is ...