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It depends on the type of plastic. Some plastics are less dense than water and float, others are more dense than water and sink. It also matters whether the plastic is hollow or not. For example, polystyrene is more dense than water and sinks, unless you blow gas into it while it's setting to make styrofoam, which floats. Poly(ethylene terephthalate), the kind of plastic used to make soda bottles, will sink... unless you make a soda bottle out of it and put the cap on, in which case the trapped air inside will make it float.

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