Izinto ezonakaliswayo zinokwahlulwa ngokubanzi zibe ziindidi ezine: iiplastiki ezinokuthotywa, iiplastiki ezinokubola, iiplastiki ezinomfanekiso/ezinokonakala kunye neeplastiki ezonakaliswa ngamanzi.Iiplastiki ezinokufotwa ziifotosensitizers ezixutywe kwiiplastiki.Ngaphantsi kwesenzo sokukhanya kwelanga, iiplastiki zibola ngokuthe ngcembe.Kodwa ukungonakali kwayo kukuba ixesha lokuthotywa lichaphazeleka kukukhanya kwelanga kunye nokusingqongileyo kwemozulu, ngoko ayinakulawulwa.Iiplastiki ze-Biodegradable zibhekisela kwiiplastiki ezinokuthi ziboliswe zibe yi-low-molecular compounds yi-microorganisms ekhoyo kwindalo, njengebhaktheriya, i-molds, kunye ne-algae phantsi kweemeko ezithile.Iiplastiki ezinjalo zilungele ukugcina kunye nokuthutha, kwaye zinoluhlu olubanzi lwezicelo.Iiplastiki ezikhanyayo/ezinokonakala ngokwasendalo ziiplastiki ezidibanisa iimpawu ezimbini zeplastiki ezonakaliswa ngokukhanya kunye neeplastiki ezinokubola.Okwangoku, iiplastiki ze-biodegradable eziphuhliswe kwilizwe lam ziyi-biopolyesters ezifana ne-polylactic acid (PLA), i-polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), i-carbon dioxide copolymer (PPC) njalo njalo.I-Polylactic acid (PLA) yenziwe nge-polymerization ye-lactide monomers ekhutshwe kwishukela yezityalo, kwaye inokutshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo emanzini kunye ne-carbon dioxide phantsi kwe-composting ye-industrial.I-Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) zi-aliphatic copolyesters ezinezakhiwo ezahlukeneyo ezidityaniswe ngokuvundiswa kwemithombo eyahlukeneyo yekhabhoni yi microorganisms.Azinakusetyenziswa kuphela kwizinto zokupakisha, iifilimu zezolimo, njl., kodwa zinokusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kumayeza, izithambiso, kunye nokutya kwezilwanyana kunye nezinye iindawo.Iiplastiki ezichithwa ngamanzi ziplastiki ezinokuchithwa emanzini ngenxa yokongezwa kwezinto ezifunxa amanzi.Ngophuhliso lweteknoloji yebhayoloji yanamhlanje, iiplastiki ezingonakaliswa ngebhayoloji ziye zaba yindawo entsha eshushu kuphando nakuphuhliso.

E-China, itekhnoloji yangoku ye-biodegradable material ayikhulanga ngokwaneleyo, kwaye ngokusisiseko kuya kubakho izongezo ezithile.Ukuba ezi zongezo zongezwa, izinto zeplastiki aziyi kufezekisa umphumo we-biodegradation.Ukuba ayifakwanga, le nto yeplastiki iya kubola phantsi kwayo nayiphi na imeko, ngakumbi kwiindawo zokushisa eziphezulu, ngoko kunzima kakhulu ukuyigcina.
Ukongeza, ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo ze-biodegradable ukwenza imvelisoukungundaifuna uhlengahlengiso oluthile.