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Plastic material that is decomposed into water and CO2 by micro organisms in the soil or water.
Due to its convenience, plastic has become an indispensable part of our daily life. The problem is that is rarely decomposes naturally. Even is if does decomposed, The process can takes up to several hundred years. Recently, plastic discharged to the sea has been identified as a problem as a pollution problem affecting the sea environment as the amount of plastic waste is increaseds waste disposal is newly emerging a major environmental issue. Alternatives to plastic and ways to make decomposable are now receiving much attention.
The decomposable plastic being developed now can be classified as photo decomposable plastic which is decomposed by lights (mostly UV) and biologically decomposable plastic that is decomposed by micro organisms. Biologically decomposable plastic can be further classified as micro organism generated plastic (bio plastic), corn powder or cellulose based plastic and chemically synthesized plastic. If they are buried in the ground or sea, they will be decomposed by micro organisms that existing in nature such as germs, sea weeds or fungus into low molecular weight compounds and then finally turned into water/CO2 or water/Methane gas.


