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Plastics are Carbon Based, therefore are Organic.
Darien VonRueden
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∙ 14y agoorganic, simply because it contains carbon. plastics are hydrocarbons.
They do not, for the most part, biodegrade. Recently "Organic Plastics" have been introduced, which are made from renewable sources, not petroleum/fossil fuels.
This article explains a bit about it: http://www.thomasnet.com/articles/plastics-rubber/plastics-organic
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∙ 12y agoSome plastic is, but most of it--because it's made from petroleum, which is full of carbon-based molecules--is organic.
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∙ 13y agoPlastics are organic, but there are many different kinds of organic molecule tha are collectively called plastic.
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∙ 13y ago- Yes there are they are in the chemicals in them
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∙ 11y agoNo, plastic is made from organic compounds. I've been studying Chemistry, by the way.
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∙ 10y agoPlastics are Carbon Based, therefore are Organic.
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∙ 10y agomost of the known plastics are organic
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