Global consumers on taking responsibility for reducing waste 2018

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
This statistic provides the percentage of consumer respondents on who should be responsible for reducing the amount of packaging waste globally in 2018. As of this time, about 16 percent of respondents stated that they believed that the government should be primarily responsible for this reduction.

Share of consumers on who should be responsible for reducing packaging waste in 2018*

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Companies that produce packaging goods 20%
Government 16%
Companies that sell packaging goods 10%
Consumers 8%
All of these equally 37%
No opinion/don't know 7%
Nobody has responsibility 1%
Other 1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents20%20%16%16%10%10%8%8%37%37%7%7%1%1%1%1%Companies that produce packaging goodsGovernmentCompanies that sell packaging goodsConsumersAll of these equallyNo opinion/don't knowNobody has responsibilityOther
0%2.5%5%7.5%10%12.5%15%17.5%20%22.5%25%27.5%30%32.5%35%37.5%40%42.5%

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August 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

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* Percentage of consumers who believe the following should take responsibility for reducing the amount of unnecessary packaging sold.

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