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There is a huge interest for this generation to developing a sustainable environment for the future. Plastic is one of the major pollutant to damage the environment so to eradicate the plastics and to create awareness of the harmful effects of plastics among the public is inevitable one. The usability of plastics and plastic products are vast since they are strong light-weighted durable and low cost. However, they are harmful to the environment as they are resistant to biodegradation and leading to pollution. Hence the removal of plastic waste from the environment is inevitable one. Generally plastic wastes are mitigated through physical and chemical methods, but these methods are cost effective and releasing harmful substances to the environment. So, the alternate method should be adopted to control the plastic pollution. In view of that the present study is focused to control the plastic wastes in natural way by using microorganism. The effective polyethylene degrading microorganisms were isolated from municipal solid waste dumping site soil around Srinivasapuram, Thanjavur District. The physicochemical parameters of the soil samples were analyzed and the native microorganisms of the soil samples were isolated by using the prescribed procedure. There are 10 different varieties of microorganisms were isolated and subjected to morphological, phonotypical and biochemical characterization. The potential polythene degrading microorganism among the 10 isolates were identified through clear zone assay. The microorganism showed good result during clear zone assay was subjected to molecular characterization and confirmed as Streptomyces lividans. Thus, the present study confirm that Streptomyces lividans isolated from the dumpsite soil can degrade the Low Density Polythene efficiently.