The Consumer International (CI) announced that, in this year 2021, the World Consumer Rights Day’s motto celebrated annually on March 15 is “Tackling Plastic Pollution”. Fighting plastic pollution is a global problem requiring coordinated international solutions.
The theme of this year will contribute to raising awareness and attracting consumers worldwide to the adoption and promotion of more environmentally friendly solutions when buying goods.
It is assumed that the campaign will also play an important role for consumers, governments, and manufacturers of plastic products that can be united in overcoming the global plastic pollution crisis.
According to experts, the World Ocean will be polluted with three times more plastic by 2040, if no drastic measures will be taken today in the countries’ policies, innovations, and changes in consumer behaviour. According to discouraging forecasts, there will be more plastic in the World Ocean than fish by 2050.
The main ways through which consumers can positively influence the environment are a deliberate choice of products used by them and how consumers dispose of products at the end of their lifecycle, including a refusal of excessive plastic consumption, especially disposable goods, and unnecessary plastic packaging.