{"id":234608,"date":"2023-03-27T19:23:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=234608"},"modified":"2023-03-27T19:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:53:48","slug":"explained-what-is-biotransformation-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-biotransformation-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained | What is Biotransformation technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cExplained | What is Biotransformation technology<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on 26th March 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h3>\n

A UK-based startup claims to have developed a technology that could alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable. The company calls the process \u201cbiotransformation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Biotransformation Technology?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Biotransformation technology is a <\/span>novel technology that would digest plastic waste naturally with the help of microbes and biodegrade the waste without leaving behind any microplastics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This technology ensures plastics that escape refuse streams are processed efficiently and broken down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why does India need this technology?<\/b><\/h2>\n

As per the government, India is generating 3.5 billion kgs of plastic waste annually.\u00a0<\/span>The per capita plastic waste generation in India has also doubled in the past five years. Of this, a third comes from packaging waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, as per one estimate, E-commerce giant Amazon generated an estimated 321 million kilograms (709 million pounds) of plastic from packaging waste in 2021 alone. <\/span>These plastic packaging often ends up in the world\u2019s freshwater and marine ecosystems as pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Application:\u00a0<\/b>Food packaging and healthcare industries are the two prime sectors that could use this technology to reduce waste.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: <\/strong>Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the steps taken by the Indian government to address the issue of plastic waste?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Indian government has launched multiple initiatives to move the country towards sustainability. Some of those initiatives are:<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduced a plastic waste management gazette to help tackle the ever-growing plastic pollution caused by single-use plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n

It imposed a ban on single-use plastics<\/a><\/strong> in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Dashboard on Elimination of Single-Use Plastic and Plastic Waste Management brings all stakeholders together to track the progress made in eliminating single-use plastic and effectively managing such waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

An Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) portal helps in improving accountability, traceability, and facilitating ease of compliance reporting in relation to EPR obligations of the producers, importers and brand-owners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Developed a mobile app to report single-use plastics grievances to check sale, usage or manufacturing of single-use plastics in their area.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the other alternatives to reducing plastic waste?<\/b><\/h2>\n

A switch to jute or paper-based packaging could potentially cut down plastic waste. This could also build sustainability within the paper industry, and save on the import bill for ethylene solutions.\u00a0<\/span>Wooden packaging is yet another alternative, but that will make the packaging bulkier and increase the cost.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExplained | What is Biotransformation technology\u201d published in The Hindu on 26th March 2023. What is the News? A UK-based startup claims to have developed a technology that could alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable. The company calls the process \u201cbiotransformation\u201d. What is Biotransformation… Continue reading Explained | What is Biotransformation technology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-234608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704129778},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}