The poll, which was conducted by Ipsos and saw over 20,000 adults interviewed across 28 countries, also found that three quarters of people would support a ban on single-use plastics entirely.
Some 85 per cent of respondents want manufacturers and retailers to be held responsible for reducing, reusing and recycling plastic packaging. A system to partially incentivise this is already in place in the UK in the form of Packaging Recovery Notes, but that does extend globally.
Latin American countries lead the poll, with 93 per cent of the region’s respondents calling for a global plastics treaty, followed by respondents in Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
“We know people are extremely concerned about the growing plastic pollution crisis and in 2021, an estimated 140 million people globally took part in Plastic Free July, but individual action is not enough,” said Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, founder of the Plastic Free Foundation.
“There needs to be clear and...