He said, "We need to start focusing much, much more on tackling open burning and uncollected waste before more lives are needlessly impacted by plastic pollution. It cannot be 'out of sight, out ...

Embargo: Wednesday 04 September 2024 16.00 BST (11.00 US Eastern Time) A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste ...

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model ...

The health and environment risks caused by open burning of municipal solid waste have come to the fore again in the wake of the massive fire at Brahmapuram dump site on March 2.

Global practice of open burning of solid waste is a major threat. Half a billion tonnes (24%) of all the municipal solid waste generated on earth is not collected, and a further 27% is mismanaged ...

Open waste burning is one of the significant sources of cancer-causing air pollution. Carcinogens emitted by open burning of solid waste include: dioxins, furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ...

KARACHI, Nov 26 In a high level meeting on Friday concern was expressed over the mismanagement of the solid waste ...

According to the order, during the 2016 investigation, DNR staff members observed “multiple solid waste violations, including unlawful depositing of fencing materials.” ...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is reminding residents that any open burning of household waste, solid waste and chemicals is illegal in the state of Louisiana. LDEQ says that ...

There were many public concerns associated with the existing solid waste management operations in the city of Karachi, he said, adding that all open burning activities produced smoke, which ...