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Assessment of polyethylene degradation by Aspergillus niger using submerged cultivation and soil burial method

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Environmental Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, MS, India
  • 2Department of Environmental Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, MS, India
  • 3Department of Environmental Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, MS, India

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 7, Issue (7), Pages 16-22, July,22 (2018)

Abstract

Polyethylene (PE) has occupied a vital role in human life but the real problem has emerged due to post-use of plastic. Waste plastic lays enormous burden on the environment, because their recalcitrance to degradation accelerates its accumulation in nature. In the present study, the feasibility of a fungus, Aspergillus niger for active degradation of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) was examined by submerged cultivation and soil burial method. Test flasks were subjected for incubation on a rotary shaker at laboratory condition for 30 days where PE was only carbon source. PE degradation was confirmed by 3.97% weight loss in submerged cultivation method and 1.89% in soil burial method. Major change in functional group or formation of side chain was not observed on FTIR Spectroscopy analysis but the reduction in percentage transmittance after 60 days on incubation with fungus Aspergillus niger reveals the microbial activity on PE and thus confirms the degradation of PE. Hence, Aspergillus niger proves more efficient in submerged cultivation method rather than soil burial method.

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