http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/4047/40/In principal, I totally agree with you, but looks like they are even having a struggle in Hawaii with using them.
In Belize, it would seem to me that by the time they were imported by the GOB (if they were to be mandatory), then the price raised by the GOB to the vendors, then another price raise by the vendor to the consumer, it could put another $2.00 BZ at least on each take out order.
This article seems to suggest there are other problems with the containers...including leakage.