60%-of-Consumers-Need-Help-to-Reduce-The-Amount-of-Plastic-They-Use

The issue of plastic waste came to a head in 2018. Roughly 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the world's oceans every year, and according to a new study, the majority of this waste comes from just five countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Almost all consumers surveyed claimed to make an effort to recycle, although many respondents admitted they need help to reduce the amount of plastic that they use.

Research found more than 3%, the equivalent of two million UK adults, admit to never recycling any plastic. It also found that more than four in five (83%) Brits support the plastic straw ban, the government initiative that will see plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds prohibited in England from April 2020. 88% say that they always make an effort to recycle, although 60% of respondents admit they need help to reduce the amount of plastic that they use.

The top five most common personal efforts to reduce packaging include:

• Trying to re-use disposable items (e.g. plastic bags) – 67%
• Making an effort to buy fewer goods with packaging that cannot be recycled – 32%
• Making an effort to buy more products made from recycled materials – 24%
• Trying to avoid supermarkets and shops that do not use recyclable packaging – 8%
• Paying extra for goods that with 100% recyclable packaging – 6%

Although the public were overwhelmingly in favour of the changes and are seemingly making an effort to reduce plastic waste, one in six (17%) don’t think the plastic pledge will make a difference to the level of waste produced. A further one in ten (9%) believe there is no difference in plastic or paper bags in the context of the environment.

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