Health crisis: up to a billion tonnes of waste potentially burned in the open every year
As much as one billion tonnes of waste could be burned in open and uncontrolled fires around the world each year, according to one estimate — close to half of all the municipal solid waste generated on Earth.
Global emissions of banned chemicals which are notorious for depleting the Earth’s Ozone layer – the protective barrier which absorbs the Sun’s harmful UV rays – are back on the decline, according to researchers at the University of Bristol.
