• Dr. Rabindra Dey

Plastics belong to a group of high polymers which undergoes deformation by heat and pressure at some stage of its manufacture but becomes rigid in its final form. Depending on the environmental degradability, the plastics may be divided as bio-degradable and non-biodegradable. Plastics may hazard or may play a vital role in sustainable development depending on the proper uses and proper planning to manage the plastics waste. A degradable plastic in which the degradation results from the action of naturally occurring microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi etc. and to yield carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds and biomass at a rate consistent with other known compostable materials and leave no visible, distinguishable or toxic residue i.e. there is the environmental sustainability.So, sustainability requires that a degradable material should break down completely by natural processes so that the basic building blocks can be used again by nature to make a new life form.But non-biodegradable plastics do not decompose easily by nature or by microorganisms. Plastics made from petrochemicals are not a product of nature and cannot be broken down by natural processes.

Thinking about plastics: For sustainable development or Hazardous

"Thinking about plastics: For sustainable development or Hazardous", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no.1128-1133, May-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2005470.pdf

"Thinking about plastics: For sustainable development or Hazardous", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no. pp1128-1133, May-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2005470.pdf