The packaging could not be either. Sterility has to be assured for the shelf life of the device. Those are typically years. These materials aren't just cheap or convenient. They've been vetted over decades of research and testing.

Now this isn't meant to rain on your parade. Just showing how even the best intentions can fall short. Tossing out solutions in areas you aren't familiar with can just muddy discussions.

Climate chaos is not mostly driven by consumer plastics. Burning of fossil fuels to generate power is and has been the largest contributor followed by agriculture. Plastics don't get recycled because.people don't even have a fundamental understanding of how recycling works. That's not the fault of the people, it's their governments. You and I using a reusable bag and water bottle doesn't make a dent in climate change. Until our energy shifts to nuclear we aren't going to be in a better spot. Renewables can supplement but are far away from being a replacement.

Reduction of emissions can't be the only thing we try. We have to do that and engineer ways to contain and scrub high pollution areas.

Even metals don't get recycled like they should because they don't get cleaned and dried.

We have to outengineer the problem at this point because we didn't engineer a cleaner path fifty years ago when we had the opportunity.

Had we leaned more heavily into nuclear the world would be better off.

Pursuing a useable fusion solution should be the focus of the effort for humanity. That alone can provide us the energy needed to shutdown fossil fuels power plants.

But we decided years ago the nuclear is the boogey man because it is too difficult for the average citizen to comprehend.

You don't even offer a viable solution. So yea, uninformed take. I'll stand by it.