Although not yet commercially viable there are a few companies trying to address this problem. Algopack[0], a French startup is making plastic like material fro

Although not yet commercially viable there are a few companies trying to address this problem. Algopack[0], a French startup is making plastic like material from seaweed (brown algae) and there are others that are trying out bioplastics made from sugarcane [0] http://www.algopack.com/algopackgb.php http://www.algopack.com/algopackgb.php