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Challenges associated with plastic waste disposal and allied microbial routes for its effective degradation: A comprehensive review

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Title Challenges associated with plastic waste disposal and allied microbial routes for its effective degradation: A comprehensive review
 
Creator Moharir, Rucha V.
Kumar, Sunil
 
Subject Solid and Hazardous Wastes
 
Description Recalcitrant nature of plastic is a matter of huge concern, its increasing demand made it more complicated
to handle the issue of plastic waste, and hence new challenges came in front in response to plastic
degradation. With the increasing demand for plastics and rising pressure for its safe disposal, biodegradable
plastics and plastic biodegradation gained a lot of attention in the recent years. Biodegradation
of plastics is one of the best possible ways to treat these recalcitrant plastics in an environment-friendly
manner. This paper reviews the recent achievements in the area of biodegradation with the best suitable
microbial species to look after the issue of plastic waste disposal. The present review mainly focuses on
the challenges involved in the process of plastic degradation, conventional treatments available to treat
these plastics, the best possible routes of biodegradation and associated impacts on the society as well as
on the environment.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://neeri.csircentral.net/1165/1/1-s2.0-S0959652618330737-main.pdf
Moharir, Rucha V. and Kumar, Sunil (2019) Challenges associated with plastic waste disposal and allied microbial routes for its effective degradation: A comprehensive review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 208. pp. 65-76. ISSN 0959-6526, ESSN: 1879-1786
 
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