Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore-641021, India
Abstract
The world’s first “infinite” plastic waste is a major issue existing in both developed and developing
countries. Synthetic plastics are correlated to the current lifestyle in packing of food, detergents,
cosmetics, plastic bottles, sanitary wares, household utensils, artificial leather and pharmaceutical
products. These synthetic plastics include polyurethane, polystyrene, polypropylene, low-density
polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, high-density polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate in the
descending order of recycling codes. Extensive use of these synthetic polymer materials paves way
for accumulation in the ecosystem. Improper handling of this plastic wastes by traditional disposal
methods like landfill and incineration in open fields leads to the release of toxic chemicals in the
environment. The recent advancement in the degradation of synthetic plastics is concentrated on the
use of microorganisms and their enzymes as biological treatment. The interaction between microbes
and the plastic polymer is needed to understand for quenching the thirst for microbial bioremediation
approach to overcome plastic pollution. However, knowledge of scientific evidence for plastic
degradation by microbes is paucity. This review highlighted insight gist about the effective microbial
technology applied in bioremediation techniques like in situ and ex situ strategies. Further exploration
of the vast diversity of plastic-eating microorganisms and their enzymes involved in the mechanism
results in a valuable end product. This literature represents the green route to the bio-recycling of
harmful plastic material from the ecosystem.
Publisher
Asian Journal of Chemistry
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