There’s a fantastically silly but fun book about this the name of which eludes me.

stevekemp 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters, a 1971 British sci-fi environmental disaster novel written by medical scientist Kit Pedler and television screenwriter Gerry Davis.

No wikipedia page, but goodreads has it here:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99852816-mutant-59

	▲	piloto_ciego 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That wasn’t it; I just found it, it’s called Ill Wind by Kevin J Anderson

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mocheeze 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not plastic, but 'Cats Cradle' by Kurt Vonnegut has something kind of like that.