According to a report by National Geographic,
"Because plastic wasn’t invented until the late 19th century, and production really only took off around 1950, we have a mere 9.2 billion tons of the stuff to deal with. Of that, more than 6.9 billion tons have become waste. And of that waste, a staggering 6.3 billion tons never made it to a recycling bin".

Plastic is a menace for the world and even if we choose to avoid it, we simply can't because almost everything comes packaged in plastic.
Patanjali has a wide consumer base in India and if it can find plastic free alternatives for the packaging of its products, a lot of plastic waste can be reduced.