Water-Soluble Plastic

I buy boxes of dishwasher detergent containing plastic bags filled with the detergent. I place these bags straight into the dishwasher. When the dishes are clean and I remove them from the machine there is no trace of either detergent or the plastic bag that held it.

What happened to the plastic bag?

Can plastic dissolve in water?

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