Abstract Crop residue burning (CRB) remains a major environmental challenge in India’s rice–wheat system, contributing to air pollution and soil degradation. This study provides new empirical evidence…

Abstract Plastic pollution remains a pressing environmental challenge across low and middle-income countries, prompting renewed interest in regulatory bans on single-use plastics. Yet the…

Abstract We conduct a choice experiment survey to determine Swedish consumers' preferences for T-shirts with different levels of health risks to the consumer, environmental impact of production, and…

This study evaluates the impact of climate-smart gardens (CSGs) and black soldier fly frass fertilizer (BSFFF) on urban households. Both interventions significantly reduced food insecurity and...

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns profoundly affected healthcare systems and many aspects of social life globally. It also affected several environmental conditions, ranging from air to…

Abstract Providing drop-off containers for recycling is a widely adopted strategy in developing countries to promote recycling and increase waste recovery rates. However, challenges such as container…

Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste management systems. Urban slum communities face…

Abstract Ongoing policy negotiations, such as the negotiations for a future global plastics treaty, include calls for increased recycling of plastics. However, before recycling of plastics can be…

Abstract From creation, man has enjoyed the environment and its resources in its unadulterated and unaltered state. Since the environment was just a creation of nature in the beginning and before…

Abstract Waste is a significant environmental issue on a global scale, and it is closely related to human growth on all fronts, socially, economically, and technologically. The composition of various…