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Burning plastic for cooking and heating: An emerging environmental crisis

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A Curtin University-led paper, "The Use of Plastic as a Household Fuel among the Urban Poor in the Global South" published in Nature Cities, has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, a common yet hazardous practice emerging in millions of households in developing nations due to a lack of traditional energy sources.

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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 common in many parts of the world.

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Burning plastic for cooking and heating: An emerging environmental crisis

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Domestic plastic burning on the rise in the Global South, study finds

Research led by the Curtin University in Perth, Australia has found that an increase in plastic waste across developing countries has led to an increase in it being burned for heat and cooking. The team, who examined the energy consumption of developing countries across the Global South, found that many are resorting to burning plastics due to the cost of gas and electricity. In developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America the team fou…

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Australian researchers call for action to reduce burning of plastic in developing nations

SYDNEY, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have called for action to reduce the burning of plastic for heating and cooking in developing nations, warning of health risks. In a new study, researchers from Curtin University in Western Australia found that millions of households in Africa, Asia and Latin America have turned to burning plastics due to a lack of traditional energy sources. The team fou

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Burning plastic for cooking and heating an emerging crisis

A new paper published in Nature Cities has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, a common yet hazardous practice emerging in millions of households in developing nations due to a lack of traditional energy sources. Researchers investigated the energy consumption of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, finding many were unable to afford clean fuels such as gas or electricity.

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