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Some plastics are worse than others. ABS, BPA, BPS, PFAS, etc. are really bad. Polycarbonate releases toxic fumes during manufacturing but it's considered non-toxic afterwards.
PLA is plant-based and decomposable. Polyethylene is inert/non-reactive and non-toxic. Cellophane is literally made from cellulose.
I don't really know about polypropylene, polyurethane, polystyrene, or polyester.
Then there's vinyl and nylon. Fairly certain those are inert and non-toxic, but I'm not 100% certain.
Then you've got latex and natural rubber which some people have allergies to but they aren't intrinsically toxic as far as I'm aware. Synthetic rubbers vary in toxicity. I don't know about neoprene for instance, but silicon is inert and non-toxic.
The problem is "plastic" is such a broad term, and to a lot of people, all of the above are just "plastic." The fact is there are a variety of plastics and choosing your material intelligently can make all the difference.
Of course, microplastics are a whole nother issue even aside from toxicity...