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The degradation process starts by photooxidation of the polyolefin and hence photodegradation can be said to be the first step followed by biodisintegration/biodegradation of the polyolefin. However in general all the major degradation mechanisms as mentioned earlier occur parallel to degrade the polyolefin.
