Abstract:The increase in the amount of plastic waste, especially microplastics and the
environmental pollution caused by it has diverted the research focus of the world into
plastic recycling and degradation. Hence in the last decade, different strategies have
been adopted to combat this problem. Albeit many physiochemical technologies are
there for the degradation of plastics, they give rise to harmful chemicals as by-products.
This has shifted the priority of our research to the biodegradation of plastics by
microbes… Show more
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