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- Title
Burning trash has major pollution impact.
- Authors
Faden, Mike
- Abstract
The article offers information on open burning of wastes and its impact on environment of developing countries. Topics discussed include efforts to create estimates of pollution, waste composition and per capita waste production by burning of waste, views of Christine Wiedinmyer, scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, on the issue and harmful emissions in air of several gases including carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and benzene.
- Subjects
INCINERATION; ORGANIC wastes -- Environmental aspects; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); WIEDINMYER, Christine; POLLUTANTS
- Publication
Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 8, p431
- ISSN
1540-9295
- Publication type
Article