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

Mongabay
Dec 10, 2025, 10:23 am98 pts
As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are increasingly turning to burning municipal waste to make fuel as a solution to both problems. One approach, dubbed refuse-derived fuel (RDF), processes, packages and burns conglomerated…

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