Plastic waste in the environment is a significant threat due to its resistance to biological
processes. Here we report the ability of fungal strains found on floating plastic debris to …

Plastic has become established over the world as an essential basic need for our daily life.
Current global plastic production exceeds 300 million tons annually. Plastics have many …

Plastic debris has been accumulating in the marine realm since the start of plastic mass
production in the 1950s. Due to the adverse effects on ocean life, the fate of plastics in the …

Synthetic polymers, commonly named plastics, are among the most widespread
anthropogenic pollutants of marine, limnic and terrestrial ecosystems. Disruptive effects of …

Fungi are considered among the most efficient microbial degraders of plastics, as they
produce salient enzymes and can survive on recalcitrant compounds with limited nutrients …

Synthetic plastics present in everyday materials constitute the main anthropogenic debris
entering the Earth's oceans. The oceans provide important and valuable resources such as …

Plastic pollution is one of the most environmental problems in the last two centuries,
because of their excessive usage and their rapidly increasing production, which overcome …

Microplastics (MPs) have been found everywhere as they are easily transported between
environmental compartments. Through their transport, MPs are quickly colonized by …

Plastics are flexible and can be molded and pressed into solid things in a range of shapes
and sizes, allowing them to be widely used in several fields of life. A rising accretion of …

A growing accumulation of plastic wastes has become a severe environmental and social
issue. It is urgent to develop innovative approaches for the disposal of plastic wastes. In …