Bioremediation Technology for Plastic Waste

By Mohd. Shahnawaz, Manisha K. Sangale, Avinash B. Ade

Book Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1.1. Bioremediation.- Chapter 1.2. Natural or induced.- Chapter 1.3. Purpose of bioremediation.- Chapter 1.4. Types of environmental waste.- Chapter 1.5. Plastic waste.- Chapter 1.6. Discovery of Plastic.- Chapter 1.7. Different types of plastic.- Chapter 1.8. Application of the plastic.- Chapter 1.9. Lacunae in the literature.- Chapter 1.10. Need of the present book.- Chapter 2. Microplastic.- Chapter 2.1. Primary microplastics.- Chapter 2.2. Secondary microplastics.- Chapter 2.3. Sources of microplastics.- Chapter 2.4. Potential impacts of microplastics.- Chapter 3. Plastic waste disposal and re-use of plastic waste.- Chapter 3.1. Most dangerous environmental wastes.- Chapter 3.2. Percentage of plastic in total environmental waste at global level.- Chapter 3.3. Methods employed to tackle the plastic waste.- Chapter 3.4. Photodegradation.- Chapter 3.5. Oxy-photodegradation.- Chapter 3.6. Landfilling.- Chapter 3.7. Incineration.- Chapter 3.8. Recycling.- Chapter 3.9. Construction of roads.- Chapter 3.10. Production of petrol.- Chapter 4. Case studies and recent update of plastic waste degradation.- Chapter 4.1. Types of plastic targetted.- Chapter 4.2. First report of plastic degradation.- Chapter 4.3. Types of plastic degradation (Photodegradation, Oxy-photodegradation, bioremediation) .- Chapter 4.4. Microbes (Algae, Actinimycetes, bacteria, fungi etc) with plastic degradation potential.- Chapter 5. Bacteria as key players of Plastic Bioremediation.- Chapter 5.1. Biodegradation.- Chapter 5.2. Source of plastic degrading bacteria.- Chapter 5.3. Methods of biodegradation.- Chapter 5.4. Incubation time.- Chapter 5.5. Percent weight loss.- Chapter 5.6. Percent loss in tensile strength (TS) .- Chapter 5.7. Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) .- Chapter 5.8. Other methods.- Chapter 5.9. Most efficient method.- Chapter 6. In situ remediation technology for plastic degradation.- Chapter 6.1. Introduction.- Chapter 6.2. Reports of in situ plastic degradation (with all methods cited in the previous chapters) .- Chapter 6.3. Most efficient study.- Chapter 6.4. Conclusion.- Chapter 7. Ex- situ remediation technology for plastic degradation.- Chapter 7.1. Introduction.- Chapter 7.2. Reports of plastic degradation (with all methods cited in the previous chapters) .- Chapter 7.3. Field trials of the most efficnet polythene degrading microbes at in situ level.- Chapter 7.4. Identification of the localities for in situ studies.- Chapter 7.5. Preparation of pots for polythene degradation assay.- Chapter 7.6. Preparation of the polythene for degrdation assay.- Chapter 7.7. Preparation of bacterial and fungal inoculum.- Chapter 7.8. Inoculation of the bacterial and fungal cultures in to the pots with dumped polythene strips.- Chapter 7.9. Incubation of the inoculated pots at garden under ambient temperature for a period of 2 months.- Chapter 7.10. Analysis of polythene degradation.- Chapter 7.11.Most efficient method.- Chapter 7.12. Conclusion.- Chapter 8. Social awareness of plastic waste threat.- Chapter 8.1. Total amount of plastic waste generated worldwide.- Chapter 8.2. Effect of plastic waste on marine and terrestrial animals.- Chapter 8.3. Effect of plastic waste on soil fertility.- Chapter 8.4. Effect of plastic waste on the environment.- Chapter 8.5. Alternate to plastic.- Chapter 8.6.Recomendendation to minimize the use of plastic.- Chapter 9. Analysis of the plastic degradation products.- Chapter 9.1. Methods of analysis.- Chapter 9.2. Dilution of the plastic degradation products.- Chapter 9.3. Solvent for the plastic degradation products.- Chapter 9.4. Reports.- Chapter 9.5. Conclusions.- Chapter 10. Toxicity testing of plastic degrading products.- Chapter 10.1. Methods of testing the toxicity level.- Chapter 10.2. Effect of plastic degradation products on plants.- Chapter 10.3. Effect of plastic degradation products on animals.- Chapter 10.4. Reports.- Chapter 10.5. Conclusions.- Chap

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811374945
• ISBN13: 9789811374944
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"