Thickness based Degradation Study of Commercial Polyethylene Waste Carry Bags using Galleria mellonella Worms

Modern world is facing lot of polymers which degrade land and will reduce agricultural yield .in many ways. Thus, the cost-effective degradation or recycling is being studied by the researchers. This study reformed settings to study the Galleria mellonella wax worm's impact on polyethylene polymer degradation. This work isolated the worms from waste honey comb and treated five worms with the collected polymers. Trials were conducted at different seasons and monitored the degradation. Trials results showed minimum average degradation of 86 mg over 216 h with five matured worms. The results showed that worm saliva degraded polymers. In addition to coverings, rough and flexible textile Cary bags disintegrates quickly. Despite diverse settings, matured larvals degrade rapidly at night and in summer. The trials showed that larval angriness and worm quantity caused degradation inconsistency. Waxworm mediated degradations are effective for small polymer quantities with countless worms. This work proposed that the waste honeycomb with worms can be mixed along with the small village dumping yards for the minimum polymer waste degradation which is simple and easy.