Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is common in many parts of the world.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is ...

The status of waste disposal in the slum areas of Kampala is highly unhygienic and unsatisfactory.With an increase in the urban population and rising demand for food essentials, there has been a ...