HS Environment Extensive survey: 75 percent of people would like to ban the use of disposable plastic

Three four people around the world would like to ban the use of disposable plastics as soon as possible. The news agency Reuters, among others, reported on the opinion poll published on Tuesday.

The survey, conducted by the Ipsos Research Institute, was conducted on more than 20,000 people from 28 different countries.

According to Reuters, the share of those who demand a ban on disposable plastics has increased since 2019, and the share of those who prefer products that contain less plastic, for example, increased from 75 percent to 82 percent, according to the survey.

“People around the world have made their views clear,” said the WWF CEO Marco Lambertini according to the news agency Reuters.

“Decision-makers now have an obligation and an opportunity to adopt a global agreement so that we can eliminate plastic pollution.”

Activists According to the survey, the results of the survey will send a clear message to UN members meeting in Nairobi at the end of February to take forward an ambitious agreement on the fight against plastic waste. It has been considered the most important environmental agreement since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, according to Reuters.

The agreement is expected to take at least two years to complete, but the Nairobi meeting is expected to decide on the main features of the agreement.

It came into force in the member states of the European Union last summer the Plastics Directive, which completely bans many disposable plastic products such as cutlery, whistles and cotton swabs. The regulation in accordance with the EU directive specifically aims to reduce plastic waste.

Kenya banned plastic bags under threat of harsh penalties in 2017.

Plastic debris caused many kinds of harm to the country: among other things, it littered nature and grabbed trees, clogged drains, and when burned in dry air, made the breathing air toxic.

HS visited the country’s capital, Nairobi last year reviewing the results of the decision.