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Vol 2 | Year 2014
Importance of degradable plastics
Waste from plastic is humongous issue of the modern world because it can lie or float around for decades, endangering wildlife and the environment in general. Solution for problem of plastic waste could be degradable plastics, and it comes down to two types of biodegradable plastics. One is compostable plastics, also known as bioplastic, which is breaks down under specific conditions, and oxo-biodegradable plastics that disintegrates in the environment leaving no harmful residues.