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Biodegradation of plastics for sustainable environment
Abstract
Plastics are a kind of utility product that has become part and parcel of one's life. Their continuous usage, accumulation, and contamination of soil and water pose a severe threat to the biotic and abiotic components of the environment. It not only increases the carbon footprints but also contributes to global warming. This calls for an urgent need to develop novel strategies for the efficient degradation of plastics. The microbial strains equipped with the potential of degrading plastic materials, which can further be converted into usable products, are blessings for the ecosystem. This review comprehensively summarizes the microbial technologies to degrade different plastic types, such as polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), and polyurethane (PU). The study also describes the utilization of degraded plastic material as feedstock for its conversion into high-value chemicals.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Singh Jadaun, J., Bansal, S., Sonthalia, A., Rai, A. K., & Singh, S. P.
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-03
- Volume
- 347
- Pages
- 126697
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4205836303
- Cited by
- 256
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 10.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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