Waste management professionals now face a more complex challenge than ever before in collecting, transporting, treating, and disposing of solid waste, especially that which is produced in medium and large metropolitan centers. In economically developing nations, where resources like money and people are already limited, the issue is magnified. Providing professionals in nations that are developing and those from the industrialized countries who might be identified as upon to provide support to those countries with objective, reliable, and helpful information is an important step toward alleviating the challenges associated with waste management. One of the least understood and most troublesome aspects of plastic’s environmental effect is how it gets disposed of. Interestingly, the durability as well as resistance to decomposition that make plastic so appealing are also source of among its major problems when it comes to plastics disposal. The manmade chemical connections in plastic are very difficult for natural creatures to break down, which is a huge concern. Only a small fraction of plastic produced (less than 10%) is recycled successfully; the rest ends up in either landfills, where it will sit for thousands of years, or incinerators, where the toxic compounds it contains are released into the air and eventually accumulate in biotic forms in the surrounding ecosystems.