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Comparative biodegradation study of polymer from plastic bottle waste using novel isolated bacteria and fungi from marine source

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The yearly worldwide interest in using polymers reliably expanded over the ongoing years. The marine plastic pollution is increasing because of the plastic wastes thrown into the shallow sea outrageously. In the present study, biodegradation of synthetic polymers obtained from Plastic bottle waste, has been carried out. In this experimental study, bacterium and fungus was isolated from the marine environment and was used for degradation of plastic waste strips. The degraded polymer films were critically evaluated by the following characterization methods like Weight loss, FTIR, SEM and XRD. The results indicate that the polymers from plastic bottle waste sample showed 35% degradation using bacterial strains and 22% using fungal strains in a time period of 6 weeks. Different parameters varying temperature, pH, inoculum dosage concentration was also assessed which signified that Plastic bottle waste treated by bacteria gives a better result compared to fungal degradation.

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All authors are thankful to Jadavpur University for sanctioning the the project under RUSAII (P Das, A Bhowal) and TEQIP III (W Sarkhel).

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  1. School of Advanced Studies in Industrial Pollution Control Engineering, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India

    Rwiddhi Sarkhel, Papita Das & Avijit Bhowal

  2. Department of Chemical engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

    Rwiddhi Sarkhel & Shubhalakshmi Sengupta

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Sarkhel, R., Sengupta, S., Das, P. et al. Comparative biodegradation study of polymer from plastic bottle waste using novel isolated bacteria and fungi from marine source. J Polym Res 27, 16 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-019-1973-4

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