Study: Americans more concerned about plastic in oceans than climate change
Notably, 80% of Americans said if they had the option to buy goods or products that don’t use single-use plastic packaging, they would.
Americans are more concerned about the impact of plastic waste in oceans than they are about the impacts of climate change, according to a survey produced by Shelton Group, Minneapolis.
When shown a list of 10 different environmental issues, 65% of Americans expressed feeling very concerned or extremely concerned about plastics in the ocean, compared to 58% who felt very or extremely concerned about climate change. Asked about the environmental issues they hear about the most, from television, newspapers, friends and social media, respondents reported that discussions about plastic waste polluting oceans (57%) is now on par with mentions of climate change (59%). Furthermore, 63% say they’ve heard some-to-a lot about single-use plastic bans.