Do certain plastics contain petroleum products?

Do certain plastics contain petroleum products?

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Virtually all plastics are made from petroleum, and in fact that's one of the unfortunate things, that oil is a very valuable product. When it's taken out of the ground we use petroleum oil to make pharmaceuticals, and plastics, and things that benefit mankind, and its unfortunate that we use so much petroleum oil to burn it in our cars for transportation.