Ketakee Prakash Gosavi¹ and Sudha Amit Nerlekar²*

¹Department of Pharm D, Abhinav Education society’s College of Pharmacy, Pune, India
²Research Scholar, Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding Author: Sudha Amit Nerlekar, Professor, Research Scholar, Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Received: February 14, 2024; Published: July 16, 2024

Abstract

Plastic waste is a major problem today. Plastic is a synthetic material used in a variety of different sectors. Plastic is made from a wide range of compounds like vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, ethylene, etc. The plastic used in bottles, bags, and food packaging is single-use plastics.

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Citation

Citation: Ketakee Prakash Gosavi and Sudha Amit Nerlekar. “Plastic Eating Dustbins; A Novel Approach in Degradation of Plastic Waste". ActaActa Scientific Microbiology 7.8 (2024): 45-49.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2024 Ketakee Prakash Gosavi and Sudha Amit Nerlekar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.