Plastic packaging materials, can be made from biodegradable substances, like soy.
Plastics are not good for sea animals. Fish, mammals and fowl tied up with 6-pack holders, for example.
Conservatives in my Orange County town vote Republican, but also support keeping our environment in good condition. That means not dumping trash and pollutants into the ocean.
NONE of the top 10 rivers polluting the oceans with plastic are in this hemisphere.
I think corn too.