Our industrial society produces and uses enormous quantities of synthetic polymers,

characterized by their recalcitrance to microbial attack. These materials enter in natural

ecosystem and are longtime persistent, contributing to the contamination of environment. To
reduce the impact of plastic wastes on the environment, two main efforts have generally been
pursued: one is to synthesize biodegradable plastics, and the other to isolate selected
microorganisms to biodegrade plastic wastes.

Plastic blends on synthetic and natural polymer are ones of the most popular biodegradable
plastics, widely used in packaging and agricultural mulch films. The blending of these materials
is a method of reducing the overall cost of the material and offers a solution of modifying both
properties and degradation rates.

In the present paper, the effect of microorganism action was evaluated using different
techniques, such as, microscopic observations.

Biodegradation modifies mechanical, physical and chemical properties of a given material. The
process is mainly the result of the activity of microorganisms growing on the surface or/and
inside a given material (Hueck, H. J., 2001. The biodeterioration of materials: an apraisal. Int.
Biodeter. Biodegr., 48, p. 5–11; Walsh, J. H., 2001. Ecological considerations of
biodeterioration. Int. Biodeter. Biodegr., 48, p. 16–25.).

Microorganisms act by mechanical, chemical and/or enzymatic means. Microbial development

depends on the constitution and the properties of polymeric materials. Microorganisms involved
are very diverse and belong to bacteria, algae and fungi groups (Wallström, S., Strömberg, E.,
Karlsson, S., 2005. Microbiological growth testing of polymeric materials: an evaluation of new
methods, Polym. Test., 24 (5), p. 557–563). These polymeric substances act as carbon and
nitrogen sources, as well as growth factors for microorganisms.

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