How did we make plastic that isn’t biodegradable and is so bad for the planet, out of materials only found on Earth?

Question

I just wondered how we made these sorts of things when everything on Earth works together and naturally decomposes.

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Answer 1

The earth made trees… which for thousands of years didn’t fully break down as the organisms to break them down didn’t evolve yet. Plastics is just one evolution higher, and there are even discovered bacteria that do consume it.