Energy and Environment

Global trash burning more polluting than expected

By Katy Daigle
Published August 27, 2014 11:23am ET
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Global trash burning more polluting than expected
FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, a trail of fire lines the banks after piles of garbage were set afire at the end of the Mahakumbh mela festival at the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna in Allahabad, India. A new study shows that rampant trash-burning is releasing more polluting emissions than governments are reporting.The researchers estimate about 41 percent of the world's garbage is burned in backyards, fields, dumps or incinerators. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh, file) | Rajesh Kumar Singh

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rampant trash-burning is throwing more pollution and toxic particles into the air than governments are reporting, according to a scientific study estimating more than 40 percent of the world’s garbage is burned.

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