Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over
Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...
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Birds are building nests out of decades-old plastic trash and it’s a record of the Anthropocene
The 30-year-old coot nest contains a lot of plastic waste. Image credits: Auke-Florian Hiemstra A ... packaging to ...
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Plant-based plastics could help reduce the millions of tons of medical waste hospitals generate each year
Incinerating plastic medical waste also releases harmful chemicals into the atmosphere ... process—so a second surgery wouldn ...
IWD 2025: Malaysian researcher is helping to make plastic waste an energy source
Malaysian researcher Dr Kong Xin Ying's research is on converting plastic pollution into valuable chemicals and fuels ...
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Plant-based plastics could help reduce the millions of tons of medical waste hospitals generate each year
Incinerating plastic medical waste also releases harmful chemicals ... surgery wouldn't be required to remove an implant, for example. They're also capable of passing through biological barriers ...