When Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa was a child, her mother sent her to market with a basket woven from grasses. “But now we don’t do ...

But it comes with a clear risk. One day, if fire strikes, “it will burn faster, and it will burn hotter.” The advantages will turn to threats. What Happens When a Plastic City Burns© Ariel Fisher ...

Is it a good idea? Burning plastic trash to create energy sounds sensible: Plastic is, after all, made from hydrocarbons, just like oil, and is more energy-dense than coal.

Few studies have attempted to account for the plastic that goes up in flames. “We’ve revealed the big importance of the open uncontrolled burning of plastic,” Velis said.

Plastics were among the items that started burning Tuesday at the Richmond plant. And the thick, black column of smoke that rose from the site is “definitely toxic,” Indiana State Fire Marshal ...

“Burning plastic releases harmful chemicals such as dioxins, furans and heavy metals into the air, which can have a range of health and welfare impacts such as lung diseases,” Dr Bharadwaj said.

Recent op-ed writers went to great lengths to mischaracterize emergent technologies that are developing to manage nearly 90% of plastics that do not get recycled today (” Plastic burning ‘has ...

Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people in Muzaffarnagar.

This plant makes plastic out of natural gas. Many in Pennsylvania touted this propped-up plant — Shell received $1.65 billion in tax credits from the state to build it — as an economic win.