Google trends show growing public interest in plastic pollution

Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time. A value of 100 is the peak popularity.

Note: Search on “plastic” in the U.S. and India, “plastique” in France
Chart: Rishika Dugyala/POLITICO Source: WWF, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BCG, 2020. The business case for a U.N. treaty on plastic pollution