Zipangizo zowonongeka nthawi zambiri zimatha kugawidwa m'magulu anayi: mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi kuwala, mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi kuwala, mapulasitiki ojambulidwa ndi kuwala/kuvunda ndi mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi madzi. Mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi kuwala ndi zinthu zomwe zimasakanikirana ndi mapulasitiki. Pogwiritsa ntchito kuwala kwa dzuwa, mapulasitikiwo amawola pang'onopang'ono. Koma vuto lake ndilakuti nthawi yowonongeka imakhudzidwa ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa ndi nyengo, kotero sizingalamuliridwe. Mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi oimira mapulasitiki omwe amatha kuwola kukhala zinthu zopanda mamolekyu ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda zomwe zilipo m'chilengedwe, monga mabakiteriya, nkhungu, ndi algae pansi pa mikhalidwe ina. Mapulasitiki otere ndi osavuta kusunga ndi kunyamula, ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'njira zosiyanasiyana. Mapulasitiki opepuka/kuvunda ndi mapulasitiki omwe amaphatikiza makhalidwe awiri a mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi kuwala. Pakadali pano, mapulasitiki owonongeka omwe apangidwa mdziko langa makamaka ndi ma biopolyester monga polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), carbon dioxide copolymer (PPC) ndi zina zotero. Polylactic acid (PLA) imapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito polymerization ya lactide monomers yotengedwa kuchokera ku shuga wa zomera, ndipo imatha kuonongeka kwathunthu kukhala madzi ndi carbon dioxide pansi pa ma composting a mafakitale. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) ndi ma aliphatic copolyesters okhala ndi mapangidwe osiyanasiyana opangidwa ndi kuwiritsa kwa magwero osiyanasiyana a carbon ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito kokha mu zinthu zopaka, mafilimu a zaulimi, ndi zina zotero, komanso zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu mankhwala, zodzoladzola, ndi chakudya cha ziweto ndi madera ena. Mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi madzi ndi mapulasitiki omwe amatha kusungunuka m'madzi chifukwa chowonjezera zinthu zomwe zimayamwa madzi. Ndi chitukuko cha sayansi yamakono ya zamoyo, mapulasitiki owonongeka ndi zinthu akhala malo atsopano ofunikira kwambiri mu kafukufuku ndi chitukuko.

Ku China, ukadaulo wa zinthu zomwe zimawola zomwe zilipo panopa sunakhwime mokwanira, ndipo padzakhala zowonjezera zina. Ngati zowonjezerazi ziwonjezedwa, pulasitiki sidzawononga chilengedwe. Ngati siziwonjezedwa, pulasitiki iyi idzawola nthawi iliyonse, makamaka m'malo otentha kwambiri, kotero zimakhala zovuta kwambiri kusunga.
Kuphatikiza apo, kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zomwe zimawola kuti zipange zinthunkhunguimafuna kusintha kwinakwake.