/ A Basic Overview of Environment and Sustainable Development Vol: 2, IAPH Books, Science Book / By

Impact of plastic pollution on faunal survival with probable sustainable solutions

Srinjoy Das
Department of Zoology, Bidhannagar College, Kolkata – 700064, West Bengal, India.
OrchideID Icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-0499

Debashmita Mandal
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700106, West Bengal, India.
OrchideID Icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-2817

Kaustav Chakraborty
Department of Zoology, S.B.S. Government College, Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur- 733126, West Bengal, India.
OrchideID Icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6842-6193

Published online: 17th December, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/boesd.2023.e02.017

Keywords: Plastic Pollution, Plastic Waste, Fauna, Ecosystem, Sustainable Solution.

Abstract:

Every day, millions of tons of plastic waste are produced by humans which causes severe impacts on our ecosystem and biodiversity. Nowadays plastic is the main anthropogenic waste material globally due to irrational production, inappropriate and unscientific disposal, and inadequate recycling management of plastic. As a result, the fauna of the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems both are in danger of plastic pollution. Birds are an important part of our biodiversity and they are affected by plastic pollution. Nowadays, birds use plastic debris for different purposes which ultimately causes the death of birds. Plastic waste occupies the global landscape and has parallel impacts on different species of insects. Bees have started to use plastics as brood material. Marine and land mammals both are severely affected by plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is an emergency danger for coral reefs and all food webs do exist at coral reefs. Every day many fish lose their life by suffocation from entering plastic bags and eating or entangling plastic debris. Plastic pollution has many harmful effects on amphibians and reptiles such as habitat disruption, disease transmission, reproductive and physical health problems, etc. In this book chapter, we have discussed the effect of plastic pollution on different types of faunal survival as well as diversity and also probable sustainable solutions to save our mother earth and its fauna from plastic pollution.

References:

  • Ambrose, K. K., Box, C., Boxall, J., Brooks, A., Eriksen, M., Fabres, J., Fylakis, G., & Walker, T. R. (2019). Spatial trends and drivers of marine debris accumulation on shorelines in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas using citizen science. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 142, 145–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.036
  • Anand, U., Dey, S., Bontempi, E., Ducoli, S., Vethaak, A. D., Dey, A., & Federici, S. (2023). Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 21(3), 1787–1810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-022-01552-4
  • Arpia, A. A., Chen, W.-H., Ubando, A. T., Naqvi, S. R., & Culaba, A. B. (2021). Microplastic degradation as a sustainable concurrent approach for producing biofuel and obliterating hazardous environmental effects: A state-of-the-art review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 418, 126381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126381
  • Ayala, F., Vizcarra, J. K., Castillo-Morales, K., Torres-Zevallos, U., Cordero-Maldonado, C., Ampuero-Merino, L., Herrera-Peralta, K., De-la-Torre, G. E., Angulo, F., & Cárdenas-Alayza, S. (2023). From social networks to bird enthusiasts: reporting interactions between plastic waste and birds in Peru. Environmental Conservation, 50(2), 136–141. https://doi.org/10.1017/S037689292300005X
  • Azevedo-Santos, V. M., Brito, M. F. G., Manoel, P. S., Perroca, J. F., Rodrigues-Filho, J. L., Paschoal, L. R. P., Gonçalves, G. R. L., Wolf, M. R., Blettler, M. C. M., Andrade, M. C., Nobile, A. B., Lima, F. P., Ruocco, A. M. C., Silva, C. V., Perbiche-Neves, G., Portinho, J. L., Giarrizzo, T., Arcifa, M. S., &Pelicice, F. M. (2021). Plastic pollution: A focus on freshwater biodiversity. Ambio, 50(7), 1313–1324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01496-5
  • Bandyopadhyay, A., Sinha, A., Thakur, P., Thakur, S., & Ahmed, M. (2023). A review of soil pollution from LDPE mulching films and the consequences of the substitute biodegradable plastic on soil health. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev., 32, 15-39. https://doi.org/10.52756/ijerr.2023.v32.002
  • Bhattacharjee, Sh., Mandal, B., Das, R., Bhattacharyya, S., Chaudhuri, P., Mukherjee, A. (2023). Microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of estuarine fish from the mangrove ecosystem of Indian Sundarbans. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 317–338.
  • Blem, C.R., Blem, L.B., & Harmata, P.J. (2002). Twine causes significant mortality in nestling ospreyse Wilson Bulletin, 114(4), 528-529.
  • Borges, F.J.A., & Marini, M.Â. (2010). Birds nesting survival in disturbed and protected Neotropical savannas. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19(1), 223-236.
  • Browne, M. A., Crump, P., Niven, S. J., Teuten, E., Tonkin, A., Galloway, T., & Thompson, R. (2011). Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(21), 9175–9179. https://doi.org/10.1021/es201811s
  • Cacciari, I., Quatrini, P., Zirletta, G., Mincione, E., Vinciguerra, V., Lupattelli, P., Sermanni,G.G.,(1993). Isotactic polypropylene biodegradation by a microbial community:physicochemical characterization of metabolites produced. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 59, 3695–3700. doi: 10.1128/AEM.59.11.3695-3700.1993
  • Chang M. (2015). Reducing microplastics from facial exfoliating cleansers in wastewater through treatment versus consumer product decisions. Marine pollution bulletin, 101(1), 330–333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.074
  • Das, S. K., Karan, S., & Sen, K. (2022). Biodiversity of avifauna in chilkigarh, jhargram, west bengal, india. World Journal of Environmental Biosciences, 11(3), 8–13. https://doi.org/10.51847/jNtkP7dkxS
  • Deb, H., Sanyal, T., Kaviraj, A., & Saha, S. (2020). Hazards of wind turbines on avifauna—A preliminary appraisal within the Indian context. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(4), 15414–15425. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5165.12.4.15414-15425
  • Hou, D.-M., & Rao, D.-Q. (2022). Microplastics: Their Effects on Amphibians and Reptiles-A Review. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 54(6). https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20210820080823
  • Iriarte, A., Gabarrell, X., & Rieradevall, J. (2009). LCA of selective waste collection systems in dense urban areas. Waste management (New York, N.Y.), 29(2), 903–914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2008.06.002
  • Jagiello, Z., Dylewski, Ł., Tobolka, M., & Aguirre, J. I. (2019). Life in a polluted world: A global review of anthropogenic materials in bird nests. Environmental Pollution, 251, 717–722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.028
  • Janic, B., Bańbura, J., Glądalski, M., Kaliński, A., Kamiński, M., Marszał, L., Pieniak, D., Wawrzyniak, J., & Zieliński, P. (2023). Plastic occurrence in nests of a large forest bird. Ecological Indicators, 153, 110470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110470
  • Kruse, K., Knickmeier, K., Brennecke, D., Unger, B., & Siebert, U. (2023). Plastic Debris and Its Impacts on Marine Mammals. In Marine Mammals (pp. 49–62). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06836-2_4
  • Kumar, R., Verma, A., Shome, A., Sinha, R., Sinha, S., Jha, P. K., Kumar, R., Kumar, P., Shubham, Das, S., Sharma, P., & Vara Prasad, P. V. (2021). Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions. Sustainability, 13(17), 9963. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179963
  • Lambert, S., & Wagner, M. (2017). Environmental performance of bio-based and biodegradable plastics: the road ahead. Chemical Society reviews, 46(22), 6855–6871. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cs00149e
  • Lomwongsopon, P., & Varrone, C. (2022). Critical Review on the Progress of Plastic Bioupcycling Technology as a Potential Solution for Sustainable Plastic Waste Management. Polymers, 14(22), 4996. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14224996
  • MacIvor, J. S., & Moore, A. E. (2013). Bees collect polyurethane and polyethylene plastics as novel nest materials. Ecosphere, 4(12), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES13-00308.1
  • Mohan, A. J., Sekhar, V. C., Bhaskar, T., and Nampoothiri, K. M. (2016). Microbial assisted high impact polystyrene (HIP) degradation. Bioresource Technology, 213, 204–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.021
  • Mohanan, N., Montazer, Z., Sharma, P. K., & Levin, D. B. (2020). Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.580709
  • Mondal, P., Adhikary, P., Sadhu, S., Choudhary, D., Thakur, D., Shadab, M., Mukherjee, D., Parvez, S., Pradhan, S., Kuntia, M., Manna, U., & Das, A. (2022). Assessment of the impact of the different point sources of pollutants on the river water quality and the evaluation of bioaccumulation of heavy metals into the fish ecosystem thereof. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev., 27, 32-38. https://doi.org/10.52756/ijerr.2022.v27.003
  • Muthu, B., Kamalanathan, A. (2021). Digestive impact of cow when ingest plastic waste. Linguistics and Culture Review, 1257–1264.
  • Napper, I. E., & Thompson, R. C. (2019). Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period. Environmental science & technology, 53(9), 4775–4783. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06984
  • Napper, I. E., Davies, B. F. R., Clifford, H., Elvin, S., Koldewey, H. J., Mayewski, P. A., Miner, K. R., Potocki, M., Elmore, A. C., Gajurel, A. P., & Thompson, R. C. (2020). Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution—Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest. One Earth, 3(5), 621–630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.10.020
  • Pinheiro, H. T., MacDonald, C., Santos, R. G., Ali, R., Bobat, A., Cresswell, B. J., Francini-Filho, R., Freitas, R., Galbraith, G. F., Musembi, P., Phelps, T. A., Quimbayo, J. P., Quiros, T. E. A. L., Shepherd, B., Stefanoudis, P. V., Talma, S., Teixeira, J. B., Woodall, L. C., & Rocha, L. A. (2023). Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs. Nature, 619(7969), 311–316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06113-5
  • Pisani, X. G., Lompré, J. S., Pires, A., & Greco, L. L. (2022). Plastics in scene: A review of the effect of plastics in aquatic crustaceans. Environmental Research, 212, 113484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113484
  • Prata, J. C., Silva, A. L. P., da Costa, J. P., Mouneyrac, C., Walker, T. R., Duarte, A. C., & Rocha-Santos, T. (2019). Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(13), 2411. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132411
  • Saha, A., & Sarkar, C. (2022). Protecting The Precious Sundarbans: A Comprehensive Review of Biodiversity, Threats and Conservation Strategies In The Mangrove Ecosystem. Conscientia, 10, 60-80.
  • Stern, R. V., and Howard, G. T. (2000). The polyester polyurethanase gene (pueA) from Pseudomonas chlororaphis encodes a lipase. FEMS Microbiology Letters,185, 163–168. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09056.x
  • Townsend, A. K., & Barker, C. M. (2014). Plastic and the Nest Entanglement of Urban and Agricultural Crows. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e88006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088006
  • Votier, S.C., Archibald, K., Morgan G., & Morgan, L. (2011). e use of plastic debris as nesting material by a colonial seabird and associated entanglement mortality. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(1), 168 – 172.
  • Walker, T. R., & Xanthos, D. (2018). A call for Canada to move toward zero plastic waste by reducing and recycling single-use plastics. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 133, 99–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.014
  • Yoshida, S., Hiraga, K., Takehara, T., and Oda, K. (2016). A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate). Science,351, 1196–1199. doi: 10. 1126/science.aad6359
  • Zantis, L. J., Carroll, E. L., Nelms, S. E., & Bosker, T. (2021). Marine mammals and microplastics: A systematic review and call for standardisation. Environmental Pollution, 269, 116142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116142
Get PDF

check for update

A Basic Overview of Environment and Sustainable Development [Volume: 2]

How to Cite
Srinjoy Das, Debashmita Mandal, Kaustav Chakraborty (2023). Impact of plastic pollution on faunal survival with probable sustainable solutions. © International Academic Publishing House (IAPH), Shubhadeep Roychoudhury, Tanmay Sanyal, Koushik Sen & Sudipa Mukherjee Sanyal (eds.), A Basic Overview of Environment and Sustainable Development [Volume: 2], pp. 261-273. ISBN: 978-81-962683-8-1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/boesd.2023.e02.017

SHARE WITH EVERYONE

Continue reading in any device

Continue reading in any device

Our Other Books –