SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON MYCODEGRADATION OF PLASTIC

Since plastic is versatile, durable, and easy to make, this material has widely been applied in almost every sector. Unfortunately, the big exertion of this material on the environment led to pollution, which is a world green disaster. Scientists have found that many living organisms, especially bacteria and fungi, can degrade many plastic polymers. In doing so, this paper shall be poised to highlight the possibility of fungi as a feasible approach to managing plastic waste, an environmentally conscious means. The research scope will extend to publications that have been made on plastic degradation for 30 years; and papers have been chosen for this analysis. The review explores three crucial aspects of the relationship between fungal species and plastic degradation, specifically: the diversity of the identified fungal species in specific plastic degradation, place of isolation, and the methods applied to analyze the plastic degradation of fungi.