Plastic is natural. Polyolefins like PE and PP are essentially highly polymerized waxes, like bees wax. Polystyrene is derived from styrene a chemical that vari

Plastic is natural. Polyolefins like PE and PP are essentially highly polymerized waxes, like bees wax. Polystyrene is derived from styrene a chemical that various plants naturally produce. We are increasingly discovering that microbes and fungi do consume and digest most commodity plastics. Plastics are by definition organic materials. The only major commodity compound not related to compounds already found in nature is Polyvinylchloride. The most common plastic on earth is entirely naturally produced. It's chemistry is too complicated for man to economically produce at industrial scale. The name of this plastic is lignin and it is what gives wood its strength and resilience.