Creation of Biodegradable Plastic Products

Creation of Biodegradable Plastic Products is Both Environmentally Friendly and Helps in Waste Management.

The use of plastics starts on your breakfast table and continues through the day. Your bread is wrapped in polythene, your milk comes in polythene packets, and all your groceries are packed in different shapes and sizes of polythene packs. At a party, one sees liberal use of disposable cups and cutlery. Indeed, this is the age of disposable or ‘use and throw’ consumerist society, which is generating a huge amount of waste. Consider the following data which lists the time period various materials take to degrade.
Material Estimated time for degradation
Styrofoam- Eternity
Glass Bottle- Unknown
Plastic Bag- 1 million years
Disposable Diapers- 500-600 years
Aluminium Can- 200-500 years
Leather Shoe- 40-50 years
Cotton Rag- 5 months
Paper Bag- 2 months
Banana Peel- 3-4 weeks
(Source: Exnora International)