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Public Perceptions of Single-use Plastic Bans in Rhode Island
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A survey of Rhode Island residents measured public attitudes toward proposed statewide bans on single-use plastics. Results showed general support for plastic reduction policies, which is relevant to policy makers designing legislative approaches to reduce ocean plastic inputs at the local level.
Single-use plastic debris is becoming more abundant in the ocean, and is having adverse impacts on the environment and human health. According to Pennington (2016), it is predicted by 2050, there will be more plastic debris in the ocean than there are fish. Some in Rhode Island seek to have a series of statewide single-use plastic bans to be implemented in the near future to lessen Rhode Island’s role in creating plastic debris. The objective of this study is to gain attitudinal knowledge of the residents of Rhode Island, towards the single-use plastics initiative and to gain insight on what single-use plastics residents would support banning to create a potential road map for the state to use when looking for the next step towards the state’s goal on banning single-use plastics.
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