Two-thirds of people support rules to end plastic pollution

• Published date: 23 November 2022
• Publication title: Philippines News agency

The majority of people think that the world needs to implement binding rules to address the plastic pollution problem, according to new research.

An average of seven out of 10 people polled across 34 countries believe that the United Nations' plastic treaty should create binding global rules to end plastic pollution, revealed a global survey released by the global NGO World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF and Australia-based environmental organization Plastic Free Foundation on Wednesday.

The survey released ahead of inaugural negotiations on the global plastics treaty that will begin on Nov. 28 in Uruguay, polled 23,029 respondents online.

"This survey is further proof that there is broad and overwhelming public demand for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty that makes governments and companies more responsible for the plastic they produce,' said Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, the founder and executive director of the Plastic Free Foundation.

WWF said in a statement that failure...