Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling an alarming air pollution surge that the communist government appears in no ...

Burning plastics generates emissions of carbon ... It should draw on its knowledge obtained through the plastic bag charge program to work out specific measures that will lead to a significant ...

Plastic waste is recognized as a major cause of environmental harm, with products like water bottles, plastic bags and clothing ... for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and ...

[File, Standard] Burning plastic in dumps and open fires is as big a problem for the planet as littering, scientists said Wednesday in a detailed new assessment of how plastic enters the environment.