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Environmental determinants of respiratory disease in children

… sources of air pollution are household fuel burning (e.g., for cookstoves), transport emissions, waste burning, industrial emissions, wildfires and … helping his mum to prepare meals over their open-fire cookstove that burns wood and crop …
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Surat Clean Air Action Plan

… dust, promoting non-motorized transport, open municipal solid waste burning, development and conservation of green … dust, promoting non-motorized transport, open municipal solid waste burning, development …
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Identifying the Main Sources of Air Pollution in Jakarta: A Source Apportionment Study - Policy Brief

… The main sources include vehicular emission, open burning, construction, soil and road dust, and … sources such as: coal combustion, open burning, construction (non-combustion) … introduce interventions to improve solid waste collection, management and recycling, and …
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Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India

… possibly emitted from plastic-contained waste burning and industry, causes some 50% of the … possibly emitted from plastic-contained waste burning and industry, causes some 50% of … Fig. 3), indicating a high contribution from open and domestic burning sources. Intermittent …
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Gender Context Assessment of the Plastic Value Chain in Viet Nam Context Assessment Report

… increase in consumption and, as a result, waste – particularly plastic waste. It is estimated that Viet Nam’s post-consumer plastic waste will rise by 36% from 2018 levels by the … collection Unmanaged Leakage into waterways Open burning Dumped direct into waterways …
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Sustainable Management of Crop Residues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan: Challenges and Solutions

… crop residue management in South Asia. The burning of crop residue is a major reason for … the Indo-Gangetic plain region. Crop residue burning increases the concentration of … of both rural and urban populations. This burning degrades soil fertility that needs to …
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Global biomass fires and infant mortality

… and infant mortality Global outdoor biomass burning is a major contributor to air … substantial changes in the extent of biomass burning, including large declines in Africa. … evidence of the contribution of biomass burning to global health outcomes remains …
Scientific publications
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Awareness and Capacity-Building for Women in the Informal Recycling Sector: Toolkit for Facilitators

… 2022), Just Transition of Women in the Waste Management Sector (Tsakona et al. 2023), … Mapping the Status of Women in the Global Waste Management Sector (Godfrey et al. 2023) … directly with women of the IRS, including waste pickers associations, non-governmental …
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Atmospheric Brown Clouds - Emissions Inventory Manual

… emphasizing the significance of biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion in Asia, and … 70 5.6. Summary 76 6. Crop Residue Open Burning 77 6.1. Overview 77 6.2. Emission … 93 7.6. Summary 95 8. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Open Burning 97 8.1. Overview 97 …
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Air Quality in Bishkek: Assessment of Emission Sources and Roadmap for Supporting Air Quality Management

… 8.3.8 Waste … Combined Heat and Power station (CHP) grid burning low grade sulphur-rich coal for … biogas and low-cost alternatives to the open incineration of solid waste. Where … household combustion of polluting fuels on open fires or traditional stoves for cooking, …
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