In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks.

As the country's trash mountains reach a tragic breaking point, local grassroots successes offer a sustainable roadmap out of a looming national waste emergency.

A landfill collapse in Indonesia has resulted in the tragic loss of four lives, rescuers said Monday as they searched for at least five more reported missing.The collapse underscores the urgent need ...