See full version: YouGov finds overwhelming support for banning; problem plastics
Cling film is the only other item with a similar divide between the genders. While the majority of women support banning it (53%, compared to 24% who oppose), the numbers are closer among men (46% support a ban and 35% oppose one). [links]
Outlawing disposable coffee cups garners the highest level of support, with 80% of people backing a ban on manufacturing such items with plastic, while only 12% opposing it. more
Following pressure from environmental campaigners, the government looks set to place bans on many single-use plastic products including drinking straws, wet wipes and cotton buds.
Now new YouGov Omnibus research finds that the public are overwhelmingly supportive of banning these so-called “problem plastics”.
Clam-shaped takeaway containers drinking straws, and foam egg boxes are in joint second, with 77% of the public supporting them being taken off the shelves.
Sanitary items like tampons and pads are the product that the public are least likely to support banning. Though even here – by 49% to 28% – they back getting rid of them. While men and women are almost equally as likely to support a ban on sanitary items made using plastic (50% of men and 48% of women), many more women oppose it (32% to 23%). here
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Canadians are heavily in favour of a ban on single-use plastics such as cutlery and straws, and most would be willing to pay a small premium for environmentally sustainable products, a new Nanos Research survey has found.
Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government announced a plan to regulate plastic waste as part of a national strategy to limit the amount of plastics that are polluting Canada’s environment.
As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool. Thn Rocn Khosit Rath Phachr Sukh /EyeEm via Getty Images hide caption
And for many people who want to consume less plastic, she says, straws are low-hanging fruit. here
A spokesman for Seattle Public Utilities confirmed to NPR that the city's new plastic straw ban does include a waiver allowing restaurants to give disposable, flexible plastic straws to customers who need them for physical or medical reasons. But Carter-Long and Bickley say there doesn't seem to be widespread awareness of the exemption. Bickley says he asked over a dozen Seattle chain restaurants — including McDonald's and Chipotle — "if they had plastic straws available for people with allergies or need, and they told me no." [links]
Banning plastics has been a growing trend over the last several years. But do such laws and policies actually help solve the problem of plastic waste filling up our oceans? Not exactly. more
Recently, the city of Seattle became the first U.S. city to ban plastic straws and utensils, and in May the European Union joined Great Britain and announced a proposal to ban single-use plastic items, including straws.
Today and tomorrow, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a public Zoom meeting on the agency’s proposed motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission…
Consumers beware: In response to plastic waste collecting in the oceans, states, businesses, and even the European Union have proposed absurd bans on the use of everyday plastic straws, cups, and other items in an attempt to solve ocean pollution.