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Burning Plastic Waste and Climate Change: Can Implementation Science Fix This Global Problem?

Offered By: MassGeneralHospital via YouTube

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Explore the global issue of plastic waste burning and its impact on climate change in this hour-long presentation. Delve into the widespread practice of open burning plastic waste and its harmful effects on human health through air pollution exposure. Examine the connection between plastic waste incineration and global climate change. Learn about the ECOLECTIVOS project, an implementation research study focused on reducing household-level plastic burning in rural, indigenous Guatemalan communities. Discover intervention strategies aimed at reducing plastic use, promoting recycling, and repurposing plastic waste. Gain insights into how implementation science can be applied to address this pressing environmental and health concern.

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Burning plastic waste and climate change: Can implementation science fix this global problem?


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MassGeneralHospital

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