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@article{146973,
        author = {Rinitha R and Nithya Kurup and Dhanyalekshmi C.S},
        title = {Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Polyethylene by Isolating Microorganism from Landfill Site},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {5},
        number = {2},
        pages = {674-678},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=146973},
        abstract = {Polyethylene is one of the most widely used packaging material which turn into a waste material after its use which is the major cause of environmental pollution. In this paper the degradation ability of polyethylene is investigated by isolating microorganism from soil sample collected from landfill site Attakulangara, Trivandrum district. Synthetic plastic High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) was purchased from the local market and this plastic was used to study the biodegradation of polyethylene. By using the isolated strain I6, is capable of degrading fine particles of high density polyethylene by 1.81% (without any pretreatment) which increases to 3.44% (UV treatment), 5.08% (mineral oil addition), 3.57% (UV and thermal treatment) and 6.77% (UV, thermal and mineral oil addition) with 30 days of incubation.},
        keywords = {Polyethylene, Biodegradation, Weight Reduction, Scanning Electron Microscopy},
        month = {},
        }