I,too,dislike the use of loose plastic peanuts because they do litlte to protect the shipped item.
But banning everything you or I don’t like is hardly the best solution.
But there are BETTER solutions that are better in every way that don't make such a mess. I used to work on west 27th, which is in Chelsea and the damn things were literally everywhere, all the time. They are unsightly and I'm sure they aren't doing the storm drains any good. I don't know what environmental benefit there is for getting rid of them, but if there is one, it's a bonus.