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

Mongabay
Jul 17, 2025, 12:19 pm209 pts
When Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa was a child, her mother sent her to market with a basket woven from grasses. “But now we don’t do that,” she says, because plastic has taken over most utilitarian purposes in today’s Malawi. “You go and you get a plastic carrier, and they’re usually not reusable…

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