Bishal Bharadwaj
@bbharadwaj.bsky.social
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Bishal Bharadwaj
SciFood Blog
7 months ago
Horrifying that plastic has become a source of fuel for people living in slums. Paper in Nature Cities discussing what can be done to help those reduced to these desperate straits - behind a paywall but commentary piece below:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
theconversation.com/households-a...
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Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over
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.
https://theconversation.com/households-are-burning-plastic-waste-as-fuel-for-cooking-and-heating-in-slums-the-world-over-250265
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@breakfreefromplastic.org
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago
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Bishal Bharadwaj
SETI Energy
9 months ago
🔴Study on plastic burning for energy and heat, a practice that raises concerns about the health and environmental consequences in several countries 🔗
tinyurl.com/2rxduex3
#energy
#WasteManagement
#urban
#policydesign
#globalsouth
#HAP
#AirQuality
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Burning plastic for energy is a dangerous practice in urban slums
New research highlights a growing and underreported issue, the burning of waste as household fuel in urban slums, a practice that raises serious concerns about the health and environ
https://tinyurl.com/2rxduex3
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We discuss why burning plastic as household fuel could be contextual strategies to meet energy demand and get rid of plentiful waste plastic in deprived areas of Global South Cities. Deep inequality and deprivation from urban facilities forces this practice.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South - Nature Cities
Many households in Global South informal settlements do not have access to clean cooking fuel. With the increasing availability of plastics, there is a growing use of this material as cooking fuel, wh...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00201-5
10 months ago
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We wrote about the context of burning plastic waste as household fuel in Global South Cities.
theconversation.com/households-a...
#plasticpollution
#energypoverty
#Cities
#Inclusion
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Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over
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.
https://theconversation.com/households-are-burning-plastic-waste-as-fuel-for-cooking-and-heating-in-slums-the-world-over-250265
10 months ago
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Bishal Bharadwaj
Jörg Ankel-Peters
10 months ago
Urban energy poverty is more than power outages.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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