...yes, and compounds derived from it are naturally present in a lot of plants.

Short-chain hydrocarbons are quite reactive. But plastics are anything but short-chain, and "sentiment to eliminate plastic" just reads like the astoundingly tiring and misinformed idiotic "chemicals bad!!!1111" insanity of hypochrondriacs.

The fact that I'm only getting downvoted by the silent echo-chamber of mindless sheeple just shows how stupid they are. Hint: it's not the "microplastics" making you stupid.