The problem with everything is cost. If the cost was there to do so we would have. Plastics are too cheap and mainstream to use anything else. America could cha

The problem with everything is cost. If the cost was there to do so we would have. Plastics are too cheap and mainstream to use anything else. America could change and go this way but the rest of the world would have to do so to actually make a massive impact. This is where the cheap alternative packaging never reaches anyway because it isn't cheap enough, check how much plastics are used in Asia and you'll understand why this isn't long term feasible.