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Background
This research paper is about quantifying the agriculture plastics wastes (APW) produced due to
the agriculture using the Mapping process, as plastic is used for increasing the productivity of
agriculture products and speed up the agriculture process. Pollution generated due to
manufacture of plastic in industry and when dispose after used in agriculture process. The
intensity of plastic usage depends on the type of agriculture crops. So intend research is need
to manage the APW and used it as a secondary raw material instead of disposing.
The Mapping of terrain is required to visualize the Plastic usage in
agriculture field. The mapping process has been used to design the Geo-reference database. A
dedicated geo-referenced database was designed using land use maps in a GIS environment
and applying a methodology that can be functional for any kind of agricultural plastic waste.
Mapping process/methodology
Preparation of the base map suitable to be managed in ArcMap according to the specific
research purpose;
Selection and highlighting on the land use map of the crops generating plastic wastes;
Detection of the land use with respect to the different typologies of plastics used in the
area;
Creation of a geo-database summarizing the complete information on the agricultural
plastic waste;
Database validation;
Attribution of indicators of plastic production for each crop in the land;
Quantitative evaluation of agricultural plastic waste;
Realization of the APW maps.
The base map of Apulia was geo processed the territorial analysis was done which cover the
usage of plastic, type of plastic and the various agriculture product using plastic. Map was
updated with given information to be processed by GIS and then this GIS map was used to
generate the results. The results were cross check though field inspection.
A dedicated geo-referenced database was created by using the base map material in a GIS. The
area of study incorporates the land of Trani for an area of 987 ha, the land of Barletta for an
area of 503 ha and the land of Andria for an area of 10 ha
APW per cultivated area and per year is about 250 tonnes, of which the largest contribution,
accounting for 63%, is obtained from the plastic covers of the vineyards and 35% is due to
irrigation pipes of all the irrigated crops (vineyards, olive trees, vegetables, orchards).