I would think so, but i cannot believe the number of plastic fruit and vegetable containers I recycle weekly. It's sickening. Why can't they package produce in the old pulp paper containers they used to use. I have read articles about how they can make containers out of sugar cane, but then the plastics industry is probably pouring money into congress to prevent any laws prohibiting plastic

@TheoryNumber3 That would be nice if they could use paper for fruit & veggies, but the prime concerns are that they get to the store looking good and to your table undamaged. I use some of those clamshell containers again as temporary pots for garden transplants, organizing small items around the house and for growing sprouts in the kitchen. The real fault is with the manufacturers... EVERY plastic item should be recyclable, easily and profitably. if not, it should be illegal.

@mtnhome Just because the plastic is recyclable, that doesn't mean it gets recycled, unfortunately. I've read that huge masses of what we put in our recycling bins does not get recycled, not to mention how much of it is just tossed on the beaches by careless humans, and it ends up in the ocean killing the sea life. It will take a government that cares to fix this problem, and unfortunately, we don't have that.

@TheoryNumber3 That was why I said, "easily and profitably". There must be incentives.

@mtnhome Or legal recourse on the order of fines for littering

I think we'll make it to Mars and trash that one as well.

@AstralSmoke No doubt about that. We've already left a lot of trash on the moon.