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Most people know about the ballooning plastic waste program our planet is facing.
Countries such asFrance,Spain, andIndiahave moved to ban certain single-use plastics in recent years.
A new poll byIPSOSsuggests that such changes are globally populara whopping75% of peoplewant single-use plastics banned globally.
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About 5.25 trillionpieces of plasticare currently estimated to be in the world’s oceans.
Solving a problem of that magnitude will take concerted international efforts.
Some are hopeful that new data from an IPSOS survey will provide the spur many governments needs.
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IPSOS found that 75% of 20,000 survey participants across 28 countries support banning single-use plastics.
This is an increase from 71% in 2019.
And 82% of people also say that they now support less plastic packaging for products, generally.
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This data may be influential at the upcoming UN talks in Nairobi which will address plastic waste.
People worldwide have made their views clear, Marco Lambertini, WWF International’s director general, toldReuters.
85% of people also support holding plastic manufacturers responsible for helping fix the crisis they created.
Frankly, theoutlook is bleakacross climate issues.
The only solution is bold stepsnow.
