Chemistry Points- Photodegradable plastics.

 In general, there are only two types of degradable plastics: biodegradable

and photodegradable.
 Made of oil-based polymers with amide linkages
 They either have bonds which can be weakened by photochemical energy
or have a chemical additive which absorbs sunlight and then reacts with
polymer to break its bonds.
 If given sunlight, polymer will break down no matter what (if you want that
or not) which is dangerous for recycling this with other plastics.
 Such polymers break down into smaller pieces and then biodegrade.
 But they don’t biodegrade often so small pieces are left in soil unnoticeably
(unlike other large plastics present in chunks) which might have an
environmental effect, but this hasn’t been investigated yet.
 When I said they don’t biodegrade often that’s because In most cases, the
plastics end up in landfill sites which are buried deep below group so no
photochemical degrading and remain as it is…

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Points to give Sneha:

 Oil-based polymers
 Affected directly by sunlight or by a photochemical reagent.
 Does not decompose fully.
 Their remains can clog up soil having environmental effects.
 When plastics accumulated for landfill sites, photochemical degrading
happens rarely.