Jeevanandam, Madesh (2022) Biodegradation of microplastics and synthetic polymers in agricultural soils. In: Emerging Contaminants and their Remediation. Elsevier, pp. 563-573.

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Abstract

The demand for plastics worldwide remains at 245 million tons every year (Andrady, 2011). Ever since the advent of
“Bakelite,” large quantities of weightless, resistant and durable plastics have been manufactured globally and they contribute to 10% of the municipal waste generated. One third of the commercially produced plastic resins are utilized as
packaging material by replacing other customary materials such as paper and glass. Their accumulation in the natural
habitat is assessed to be 155�265 million tons by the year 2060, in which 13.2% of them could be composed of microplastics (Cox et al., 2019). This has emerged as a global environmental concern due to its problematic resistance to
degradation

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: Plasticsdepolymerizationsustainable agriculturemicroplasticsbiotic degradation
Depositing User: Mr Team Mosys
Date Deposited: 15 Mar 2023 06:45
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2023 06:45
URI: http://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/1776

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