Xenobots - An Emerging Next-Generation Green Technology to Remove Microplastics in the Ocean
Angom Baleshwor Singh
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai, Maharashtra (400 061), India
David Waikhom*
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai, Maharashtra (400 061), India
Angom Lenin Singh
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai, Maharashtra (400 061), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Environment, Microplastics, Plastic pollution, Xenobots
Abstract
Plastic pollution is one of the burning issues in the world even though plastic has provided various applications that make our life easier. Plastics and microplastics have many negative impacts on the organisms that live in the ocean. In this regard, novel green technology has emerged to remove microplastics in the aquatic environment developed by a group of American scientists and term as xenobots or living machines, which can help to clean microplastics in the ocean.
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