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Money. Plastic is probably still cheaper.
And more resilient to weather/time/etc. for transporting in sub-optimal conditions.
There's also the possibility that since this is edible and exposed, putting this in a warehouse would invite a horde of rodents and insects.
It's a good idea, but the reason we haven't done this before is because it creates inconvenient problems for distribution centers and the logistics of transportation and storage. Which in the short and long run, costs more money to either prevent the negative outcomes, or deal with them later.
It is better for the environment, but I'd rather go after billionaires and huge corporations polluting the environment without repercussions first.
It's not like there isn't a middleground. I didn't see those awful sixpack rings in years, in Germany where I live those sixpacks are packed in cardboard (goes around the sixpack once for stability). Works perfectly fine, and given it's just paper with a little bit of printer colours (which, technically, could also be done environmentally friendly) there are little to no reasons not to do it this way except for greed. …therefore it isn't surprising plastic sixpack rings are specifically common in the US, lol.
Yeah ive never seen a six pack with plastic rings. Its always wrapped in a thin cardboard box here.