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There are many types of plastics and many raw materials possible. The vast majority come from petroleum/crude oil ultimately. Many are made from crude oil and NGLs -natural Gas Liquids and other hydrocarbons.

Other materials such as chlorine to make PVC, are obtained from electrolysis of seawater. Cellulosic polymers are made wood and plant materials. Quite a few rubbers are tapped from the rubber tree.

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Each kind of plastic has a different raw material; generally it's fairly obvious from the name of the plastic (for example: the raw material for poly (vinyl chloride) is vinyl chloride, IUPAC name chloroethene).

A lot of them are ultimately based on petroleum (crude oil) derivatives.

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Most plastics start with an unsaturated hydrocarbon such as ethylene. Ethylene is made from the lighter fractions of crude oil. This is the case for most unsaturated hydrocarbons as well.

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Crude oil is the main material of plastic and its only found in the deep sea in several parts of the globe.

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different type of material are used for different plastics

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the main raw material is oil, like petroleum.

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It is an intermediate material. It does not occur naturally and so is manufactured. But it needs further processing before it can be used.

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The raw material of plastic is petroleum.

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