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How do you deal with groceries who are unavoidably always packed in plastics like Joghurts?

Home made yogurt is pretty easy to make, assuming you can find milk in a jar.

(Instant Pots are stainless steel and often have a yogurt button, or you can get a dedicated plastic yogurt maker for ~ $20).

Get a live starter. In the US I recommend White Mountain Bulgarian Yogurt. Divide it up into an ice tray and freeze it as backup in case you lose your existing batch of yogurt.

at least in Germany you can also get yogurt from a glass. there is even a shop where you can buy things without packaging in Berlin.

Some fancy and expensive joghurts yes, but there's much more dairy that only comes in plastic like cottage cheese, Greek, Faye, Quark, etc., and not everyone lives in a major city where eco friendly shops or farmer markets that sell things without packaging.

90% of the time you're limited by what your local supermarkets provide.

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