Share of French people having replaced disposable cotton swabs by washable ones 2020

"Zero waste" is a movement that aims to reduce waste production as much as possible in order to save money but more importantly to reduce environmental impact. One of the practices contributing to this objective consists in using washable cotton swabs, instead of disposable ones. When they were asked about this issue, 17 percent of the respondents reported having already implemented this practice. However, more than four out of ten French people had no intention of doing so.

“零废弃”运动旨在尽可能减少废物产生，以节省成本，更重要的是减轻环境负担。为实现此目标，其中一种实践便是采用可清洗的棉签，而非一次性棉签。当被问及这一问题，17%的受访者表示已经实施了这一做法。然而，超过四分之三的法国人表示无意采取此类行动。