ATTITUDES TOWARDS SINGLE- USE PLASTICS February 2022INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLASTIC POLLUTION ? Ipsos | Plastic Free JulyCountry comparison IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY Total Essential, Very important, Fairly important (%) How important or unimportant do you believe it is to have an internationally binding treaty to combat plastic pollution? – All countries Global Country Average Mexico Peru 34% 31% 23% 6% 6% 88% 96% 95% 95% 94% 94% 94% 93% 92% 92% 91% 91% 90% 90% 89% 88% 87% 87% 87% 86% 86% 86% 86% 86% 85% 82% 79% 78% 70% On average, across 28 countries surveyed, 88% of adults believe that it is essential, very important or fairly important to have an international treaty to combat plastic pollution. 44% 40% 13% 2% 2% 3% 2% 3% 2% 3% 2% 3% 3% 4% 3% 37% 44% 29% 14% China 26% 37% 32% Malaysia Colombia Italy South Africa Chile Brazil India Argentina Great Britain Spain 38% 38% 37% 33% 33% 23% 55% 54% 29% 10% 45% 20% 21% 3% 4% 47% 34% 11% 5% 3% 26% 12% 4% 4% 3% 4% 4% 5% 4% 39% 16% 5% 41% 36% 13% 5% 38% 31% 21% 21% 6% 43% 25% 6% 7% Turkey 27% 44% 18% Belgium Saudi Arabia Poland Sweden Germany Netherlands South Korea Australia Russia 31% 29% 28%