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Boom in burning waste for fuel could put human health and environment at risk

What would this scientist tell Trump? Interview with Robert Watson, former chair of the IPCC

Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction

Plans to dispose of mining waste in Norway’s Arctic Ocean worries Sámi fishers, herders

Radioactive leak in Banten exposes workers to danger & reveals regulatory failures

‘Alarming’ levels of toxins found in free-range eggs near dumpsites globally

Local divers pick away at Lake Malawi’s underwater garbage problem

Tony Pritzker’s patient strategy for the planet

From Chile to Greece, ‘ghost gear’ from fish farms haunts the seas

Consumed by convenience: The culture of disposability

Global South bears growing burden of health threats from plastic burning

Waste-to-energy project could boost Brazil’s decarbonization goals

The clothes that never die: How fast fashion is burying Africa in plastic

New coalition focuses on ‘reuse’ to tackle top polluter Indonesia’s plastic waste problem

Air quality study of East Java waste-to-energy plant sparks dispute, health warnings

Participants in the negotiations on plastic pollution are determined to finalize a treaty

As Africa pays the price for rich world’s fast fashion fix, new French bill targets brands

Burning, burying and banning: Indonesia’s cities struggle to manage their garbage

Commercial space race comes with multiple planetary health risks

Bangladesh turns to nature for biodegradable plates to replace plastic ones

Open burning of plastic is an escalating public health threat, say experts

Scientists turn plastic waste into pain medicine

Ancient eco-friendly pilgrimage brings modern threats to Sri Lanka wildnerness

Colombian waste pickers inundate iconic Bogota square with plastic bottles to protest falling wages

Plastic bag bans linked to sharp decline in coastal litter, study finds

‘It’s our garden’: PNG villages fight to prevent mine waste dumping in the sea

In Yaoundé, fecal sludge flows through ‘Caca Junction’ streets

Central Java villages take fast fashion to the cleaners at Indonesia’s Supreme Court

India sets construction waste recycling targets with new rules

F&B packaging fuels growing plastic waste crisis in Indian Himalayas: Report

Landslide deaths again highlight safety failures in Indonesia’s nickel industry

UN report recommends ‘deep change’ theory to address global crises

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