Biodegradation: Solving the Plastic Problem.

The lowering of the cost for the production of Plastic bags or plastic products has greatly contributed to mass production of plastic paper bags. This has for m any years been a challenge as a waste after such products have been used and dis posed into the environment. It was not difficult to see plastic products everywh ere since the material used in the production of such containers or bags could n ot decompose through the natural process. It is worthy noting that non organic p roducts do not allow microorganism to work through the material for the purpose of degradation. Such microorganisms are expected to break the products into part icles or components that can dissolve into the environment. Most of bio products are made from plastic material which is un-harmful to the environment and are r enewable. This means that the product can be recycled for other uses or it can b e dissolved into the environment without any harm to the environment. The most common plastics across the world are the kind made from Polyethylene ma terial. This however in not the only type of plastic available. Polyethylene mat erials are known to produce products such as plastic grocery bags and a particul ar kind of drinking bottles. Other materials such as vegetable oils and vegetabl e starches are used in the production of plastic products as well. You will stil l discover that more plastic bags are made from wood pulp. Such plastic products are considered organic in the sense that they dissolve into the nature naturall y and are not harmful to the same. Amazingly, it was impossible to find plastic papers in the shops or being used as bags for carrying food stuffs from the stor es. Papers were the common bags used for this purpose. Most plastic products are made from petroleum refined products and cannot be decomposed neither are they helpful to the nature. There was no proper disposing of plastic products especially those made from pet roleum based materials. With time, this problem or rather challenge has been sol ved by the discovery of the biodegradation products. The material used to manufa cture such plastic products can be broken down by enzymes hence returning it int o the nature. The main purpose for creating a biodegradation plastic is to face off the polyethylene kind of plastics from the environment. The danger of having to much plastic products in the environment is the possibil ity of some diseases such as cancer not to mention the danger of unclean environ ment such plastics bring about. This is especially the case in the sea where pla stic wastes are carried down the stream finding their destination into the sea.