We've all been there, standing in a convenience store, thirsty and faced with rows of single-use bottles. Glass feels heavy and expensive, aluminum still has plastic linings, and regular plastic bottles make you wonder what chemicals might be leaching into your water. It's frustrating when even the eco-friendly options come with their own environmental baggage
Among other things, there is a need for transparency on material creation, that copyrighted products do not provide. It seems to me this plant-based thingy is in this category, they don’t provide info on the material used, they just claim things.
Here is a recent article on this topic:
Eco-friendly or eco-threat? The environmental risks of natural and semi-synthetic fibers