Plastic Eating Bacteria

Author :- Nazmeen Mohammed

Nowadays, plastic pollution has become a major environmental issue due to the rapid production of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) which is a single use plastic. The plastic pollution is majorly seen in Asian and African nations as there is not efficient garbage collection systems in these nations. Due to the mass production plastic in the form of food containers, bottles, fibers, films etc., the plastic waste has become major problem for marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

Plastic is a polymeric material having large, long chains of molecules with series of links interconnected. Polyethylene Terephthalate is a thermoplastic polymer belonging to the polyester family. PET is used as a fibre in cloths manufacturing industries, food containers for various liquids products and also used as a glass fibre for resin manufacturing. Since these single use plastics degrade mostly by a process called photodegradation, which is a very long process, there is a need to develop alternatives for the degradation of the single use plastics.

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