Plastic pollution and the open burning of plastic wastes |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Global Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark;2. School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, USA;3. Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation Chair Group, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands;4. Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, The Netherlands;5. Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia, Zambia;6. Centre for Gender and Sexuality Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia;7. Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, The Philippines;8. Centre for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The open burning of plastic wastes is a practice that is highly prevalent across the globe, toxic to human and environmental health, and a critical—but often overlooked—aspect of plastic pollution. Most of the countries where such burning is widespread have laws and policies in place against it; open burning continues nevertheless. In this article, using data from ethnographic fieldwork in urban and rural sites in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Zambia, we examine local practices of open burning and investigate why regulations to tackle it have proven largely ineffective. Adopting a harm reduction approach, we then suggest preliminary measures to mitigate the health risks of open burning by targeting those plastics and packaging types that are most toxic when burned. |
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| Keywords: | Plastic pollution Open burning of wastes Plastic wastes Toxicity Public health |
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