What If We Just Burned All Our Trash

With Starbucks banning plastic straws and zero waste on trend, is the solution to plastic pollution and climate change burning all the trash? FOLLOW US! Greg Instagram: https://instagram.com/whalewatchmeplz Twitter: https://twitter.com/whalewatchmeplz Mitch Instagram: https://instagram.com/mitchellmoffit Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitchellmoffit ASAPScience Instagram: https://instagram.com/asapscience Facebook: https://facebook.com/asapscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/asapscience Tumblr: https://asapscience.tumblr.com Created by Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Rachel Salt & Greg Brown Illustrated by: Max Simmons Edited by: Sel Ghebrehiwot Send us stuff! ASAPSCIENCE INC. P.O. Box 93, Toronto P Toronto, ON, M5S2S6 REFERENCES https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/03/should-we-burn-plastic-waste/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-petrochemicals-iea/rising-use-of-plastics-to-drive-oil-demand-to-2050-iea-idUSKCN1ME2QD https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-study-twice-as-much-trash-put-in-landfills-than-estimated-2015-9 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/every-minute-one-garbage-truck-of-plastic-is-dumped-into-our-oceans/ http://www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en/ https://regions20.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/OPEN-BURNING-OF-WASTE-A-GLOBAL-HEALTH-DISASTER_R20-Research-Paper_Final_29.05.2017.pdf https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/municipal-solid/environment/open-burning-garbage-health-risks.html https://slate.com/business/2014/07/wte-in-sweden-weirdly-enough-burning-garbage-makes-environmental-sense.html http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANDEVELOPMENT/Resources/336387-1334852610766/AnnexE.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128121658000019 https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-( outdoor)-air-quality-and-health https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/29-10-2018-more-than-90-of-the-world% E2%80%99s-children-breathe-toxic-air-every-day https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/can-we-safely-burn-used-plastic-objects-in-a-domestic-fireplace/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1065% 2Flca2004.09.180.10 https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-01/documents/2018_complete_report.pdf https://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-waste/in-singapore-where-trash-becomes-ash-plastics-are-still-a-problem-idUSKCN1J20HX https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/1/141/pdf https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/waste-to-energy-incineration-1.4831798 http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANDEVELOPMENT/Resources/336387-1334852610766/AnnexE.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128121658000019 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fossil-fuel-industry-is-worsening-the-global-plastics-crisis https://www.pca.state.mn.us/waste/concerns-about-backyard-burning-trash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/23/detroit-garbage-incinerator-pollution-health-problems-environmentalists

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