So much of the current single use plastic packaging could be easily replaced with cellophane. Being biosourced, compostable and biodegradable would address the difficulty of plastic recycling.
So often, there is so much unnecessary packaging, box in the box, in the bag in the bag in the box, I wouldn't mind if a product or food is packaged much simpler
The ban on plastic grocery bags has always felt silly to me when you can still walk out of the store with a 24 pack of bottled water, or candy where every individual piece is wrapped in plastic. And there's probably examples like that in every aisle.
My wife received a new phone case today. Hard to brake by design and function it was already encased in it’s retail box. And wrapped in a bubble bag. And in a plastic bag. And in another plastic bag.
In the places I've shopped, the produce is just loose, and I put it in my cart loose. I don't buy the packaged produced, period. Plastic packaging should be banned, along with drinks in plastic bottles. It can be done and it wouldn't affect life in a serious way.
I really love Berkeley Bowl (in Berkeley, CA) not just for its unpackaged and quality produce but for the extent to which I can go completely plastic free.<p>I can use my own bags for produce and my own containers for a massive range of items sold in bulk (flour, grains, nuts, cereal, pasta to name a few). And then a few others that I have not seen elsewhere: I can fill up my own bottles with shampoos, detergents and oils!