Several global trends are colliding with disastrous consequences for health and the environment, new research warns. Plastic production has skyrocketed since the 1950s, from a few million tons a year ...

A trash-burning plant in Bristol that has been the subject of scores of complaints from residents appears likely to gain approval to also burn medical waste. Reworld, which has operated since 1985 ...

More than half of Indonesian households still burn their trash, often because bulky or inorganic waste isn’t collected and dumping it creates safety risks in dense neighborhoods. Burning waste ...

The County Commission has backed down from its fight against allowing an Ocala-based asphalt company to burn used oil at its plant in central Hernando County. After previously challenging a state ...

Plastic waste is an exploding global problem, with minimal recycling resulting in incineration as a common disposal practice. Shipments of plastic products and plastic waste from the Global North to ...