Question

true or false plastic is made from Petroleum​

Answer 1

Question:

Plastic is made from petroleum. True or False?

Answer:  

>>False, petroleum is not used to make plastic although crude oil (unrefined petroleum) is a raw material for the manufacturing of plastics.

Extra information:

>>Plastics are made from natural materials such as cellulose, coal, natural gas, salt, as well as crude oil through a polycondensation process.

>>Plastics are made from oil which is a carbon-rich raw material thus making plastic too to have large amounts of carbon content.

>>Naphtha (a flammable oil containing hydrocarbons) is used as the main raw material during the manufacture of plastics.