Yes, there is aready so called bio-plastic that can be resolved completely.

Dear all, many studies are done on to accomodate conventional polyolefins used mainly for packaging by introducing special additives such as fillers to enhance their biodegradability. Other issues which belong to green chemistry that focus on the use of natural resources to develop intrinsically biodegradable polymers, but still the economical aspect is not in favor of this approach. My Regards

Yes, paper bags decompose after two to five months only, while plastic bags can reach hundreds of years to decompose. The cardboard bag is made from renewable sources such as 100% recycled wood fiber, which greatly reduces cost while maintaining a clean environment.

This is a word that can not be changed because the paper bags decompose by a few months and this is the opposite of plastic bags that need more than two decades and paper bags remain environmentally friendly.

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There are two methods to resolve this problem. One is to modify the carbon chain of polyethylene with an additive to improve its degradability and then its biodegradability; the other is to make a product with similar properties to polyethylene from a biodegradable substance: polysaccharides, like starches found in potatoes or wood, and proteins, such as animal based whey or plant derived gluten.

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Polyethylene is categorically segmented into 3 major groups that is low, medium and high density. From some researches that were previously done, concerned with biodegradation of polyethylene, low density polyethylene bags can be degraded in the shortest period of time (6 months) using fungi and bacteria under controlled environment. However it is important to note that medium and high density polyethylene material is difficult to quickly go through biodegradation process because of strong hydrocarbon bonds. Therefore before you use any procedure to start the biodegradation of medium and high density polyethylene waste material, there is need to break the strong hydrocarbon bonds using pyrolysis method. Thereafter you can use a particular method of interest to biodegrade the polyethylene waste.

Ban on processing of polythene bags and promote use of paper bags, cloth bags

We should not because:

1. PE bags are used not only to carry food-stuff.

2. I am sure that it will be found a novel way - how to utilize PE - economic and useful.

We ought to refuse polyethylene bags. Paper bags and cardboard bags are the best alternatives of its ecofriendly and easy biodegradable nature. Friend, save nature by completely avoiding polyurethane bags.

May i also add another dimension to this discussion in as much as most of us are talking about visible polyethylene, there has also been an outcry from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the issue of micro-polyethylene. They are contaminating our environment (water sources (both surface and underground). I have highlighted this important issue so that we can go down further and discuss it at such a microscopic level. May opinion based on this fact, is that even if we implement some of the methods to biodegrade the polyvinyl material, chances are also high that some of the material will remain in the soil as micro-plastic contaminating our environment (possibly with a very long residual period).

Waste sorting should be done from home to waste recycling plants and relying on paper bags instead of polyethylene.

yes

We must use bioegrade for our environment recover

yes

https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Publications/Download/1006?opt=dln

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Allidochlor

http://www.dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/PlasticBags/Articles/Googobits_07-21-05.pdf

Article Experimental degradation of polymer shopping bags (standard ...

Yes we should