Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over. Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable. 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.
A must read article showing that the world has produced more plastic in the past 20 years than the total previously produced since commercial production began in 1950. Roughly half a billion tonnes of plastic is now produced every year, making it a cheap but dangerous fuel to cook and heat with.
https://theconversation.com/households-are-burning-plastic-waste-as-fuel-for-cooking-and-heating-in-slums-the-world-over-250265?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=bylinecopy_url_button #PlasticPollution #AirQualityCrisis #ToxicEmissions #ClimateHazard #WasteManagement #HealthRisks #ToxicSmoke #IndoorAirPollution #PublicHealthAlert #CleanCookingSolutions #RenewableEnergyNow #PlasticRecycling #ZeroWasteLiving #CircularEconomy
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