# Plastic > Canonical source: [Plastic](https://satisfactorybase.com/wiki/items/plastic) > Language: en Versatile and easy to manufacture, this material has a wide range of uses. ## Properties - Entity type: Item - Form: solid - Stack size: 200 - Sink points: 75 - Radioactive: No - Can be discarded: Yes ## Produced by ### [Alternate: Recycled Plastic](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-plastic-1-c) 12 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber): 6 per cycle; 30/min, [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel): 6 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min → [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 12 per cycle; 60/min. ### [Plastic](/wiki/recipes/recipe-plastic-c) 6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Crude Oil](/wiki/items/crude-oil): 3 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min → [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 2 per cycle; 20/min, [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue): 1 m³ per cycle; 10 m³/min. ### [Residual Plastic](/wiki/recipes/recipe-residualplastic-c) 6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 6 per cycle; 60/min, [Water](/wiki/items/water): 2 m³ per cycle; 20 m³/min → [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 2 per cycle; 20/min. ## Used as recipe ingredient ### [Alternate: Plastic AI Limiter](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-ailimiter-plastic-c) 15 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Quickwire](/wiki/items/quickwire): 30 per cycle; 120/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 7 per cycle; 28/min → [AI Limiter](/wiki/items/ai-limiter): 2 per cycle; 8/min. ### [Alternate: Caterium Circuit Board](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-circuitboard-2-c) 48 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 10 per cycle; 12.5/min, [Quickwire](/wiki/items/quickwire): 30 per cycle; 37.5/min → [Circuit Board](/wiki/items/circuit-board): 7 per cycle; 8.75/min. ### [Alternate: Classic Battery](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-classicbattery-c) 8 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur): 6 per cycle; 45/min, [Alclad Aluminum Sheet](/wiki/items/alclad-aluminum-sheet): 7 per cycle; 52.5/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 8 per cycle; 60/min, [Wire](/wiki/items/wire): 12 per cycle; 90/min → [Battery](/wiki/items/battery): 4 per cycle; 30/min. ### [Alternate: Coated Iron Plate](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-coatedironplate-c) 8 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Iron Ingot](/wiki/items/iron-ingot): 5 per cycle; 37.5/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 1 per cycle; 7.5/min → [Iron Plate](/wiki/items/iron-plate): 10 per cycle; 75/min. ### [Alternate: Plastic Smart Plating](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-plasticsmartplating-c) 24 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Reinforced Iron Plate](/wiki/items/reinforced-iron-plate): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min, [Rotor](/wiki/items/rotor): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 3 per cycle; 7.5/min → [Smart Plating](/wiki/items/smart-plating): 2 per cycle; 5/min. ### [Alternate: Recycled Rubber](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-recycledrubber-c) 12 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery) [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 6 per cycle; 30/min, [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel): 6 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min → [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber): 12 per cycle; 60/min. ### [Circuit Board](/wiki/recipes/recipe-circuitboard-c) 8 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Copper Sheet](/wiki/items/copper-sheet): 2 per cycle; 15/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 4 per cycle; 30/min → [Circuit Board](/wiki/items/circuit-board): 1 per cycle; 7.5/min. ### [Supercomputer](/wiki/recipes/recipe-computersuper-c) 32 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Computer](/wiki/items/computer): 4 per cycle; 7.5/min, [AI Limiter](/wiki/items/ai-limiter): 2 per cycle; 3.75/min, [High-Speed Connector](/wiki/items/high-speed-connector): 3 per cycle; 5.625/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 28 per cycle; 52.5/min → [Supercomputer](/wiki/items/supercomputer): 1 per cycle; 1.875/min. ### [Computer](/wiki/recipes/recipe-computer-c) 24 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Circuit Board](/wiki/items/circuit-board): 4 per cycle; 10/min, [Cable](/wiki/items/cable): 8 per cycle; 20/min, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 16 per cycle; 40/min → [Computer](/wiki/items/computer): 1 per cycle; 2.5/min. ### [Empty Canister](/wiki/recipes/recipe-fluidcanister-c) 4 s. [Constructor](/wiki/buildings/constructor) [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 2 per cycle; 30/min → [Empty Canister](/wiki/items/empty-canister): 4 per cycle; 60/min. ### [Hazmat Suit](/wiki/recipes/recipe-hazmatsuit-c) 120 s. [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber): 50 per cycle, [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 50 per cycle, [Alclad Aluminum Sheet](/wiki/items/alclad-aluminum-sheet): 50 per cycle, [Fabric](/wiki/items/fabric): 50 per cycle → [Hazmat Suit](/wiki/items/hazmat-suit): 1 per cycle. ## Used in construction - [Fluid Truck](/wiki/buildings/fluid-truck): 50 - [Fluid Truck Station](/wiki/buildings/fluid-truck-station): 50 - [Industrial Fluid Buffer](/wiki/buildings/industrial-fluid-buffer): 25 - [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer): 50 - [Packager](/wiki/buildings/packager): 10 - [Pipeline Mk.2](/wiki/buildings/pipeline-mk-2): 1 - [Clean Pipeline Mk.2](/wiki/buildings/clean-pipeline-mk-2): 1 - [Pipeline Pump Mk.2](/wiki/buildings/pipeline-pump-mk-2): 10 - [Freight Platform](/wiki/buildings/freight-platform): 25 - [Fluid Freight Platform](/wiki/buildings/fluid-freight-platform): 25 - [Train Station](/wiki/buildings/train-station): 50 ## Used in schematic costs - [High-Speed Connector](/wiki/schematics/high-speed-connector-research-caterium-5): 50 - [Smokeless Powder](/wiki/schematics/smokeless-powder-research-sulfur-3): 50 - [Industrial Manufacturing](/wiki/schematics/industrial-manufacturing): 400 - [Fluid Packaging](/wiki/schematics/fluid-packaging): 200 - [Petroleum Power](/wiki/schematics/petroleum-power): 200 - [Pipeline Engineering Mk.2](/wiki/schematics/pipeline-engineering-mk-2): 1 000 - [Control System Development](/wiki/schematics/control-system-development): 1 000 ## Related items - [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber) - [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel) - [Crude Oil](/wiki/items/crude-oil) - [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue) - [Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin) - [Water](/wiki/items/water) - [Quickwire](/wiki/items/quickwire) - [AI Limiter](/wiki/items/ai-limiter) - [Circuit Board](/wiki/items/circuit-board) - [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur) - [Alclad Aluminum Sheet](/wiki/items/alclad-aluminum-sheet) - [Wire](/wiki/items/wire) - [Battery](/wiki/items/battery) - [Iron Ingot](/wiki/items/iron-ingot) - [Iron Plate](/wiki/items/iron-plate) - [Reinforced Iron Plate](/wiki/items/reinforced-iron-plate) - [Rotor](/wiki/items/rotor) - [Smart Plating](/wiki/items/smart-plating) - [Copper Sheet](/wiki/items/copper-sheet) - [Computer](/wiki/items/computer) - [High-Speed Connector](/wiki/items/high-speed-connector) - [Supercomputer](/wiki/items/supercomputer) - [Cable](/wiki/items/cable) - [Empty Canister](/wiki/items/empty-canister) - [Fabric](/wiki/items/fabric) - [Hazmat Suit](/wiki/items/hazmat-suit) ## Unlocked by - [Oil Processing 2](/wiki/schematics/oil-processing-2): Schematic - [Oil Processing](/wiki/schematics/oil-processing): Milestone · Tier 5 - [Alternate: Recycled Plastic](/wiki/schematics/alternate-recycled-plastic): Hard Drive alternate ## Guides - [Alternate recipes and Hard Drives](/guides/alternate-recipes) ## Technical Details - Class name: Desc_Plastic_C - Native class: FGItemDescriptor - Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/Plastic/Desc_Plastic - Resource form (export): RF_SOLID