Petition · past parliament
Ban supermarkets from packaging fruits and vegetables
Closed
2,742 signatures
What the petition asks
Climate change is the single biggest threat to society. In addition, contamination by plastics has become a major issue with research saying that by 2050 there could be more plastics in the ocean than fish. A small, positive step would be to stop supermarkets from packaging fruits and vegetables.
Such a ban would:
- Reduce pollution (lower packaging production, less resources spent on recycling, reduced methane emissions from landfill sites)
- Reduce strain on recycling facilities thus stop the export of waste (67% of British plastic waste is exported to the far east)
- Increase consumer choice by avoiding bundling and decrease food waste (15m tonnes of food waste in the UK)
- Lower prices of food
- Contribute to a long-term vision of a zero waste society
- Reduce pollution (lower packaging production, less resources spent on recycling, reduced methane emissions from landfill sites)
- Reduce strain on recycling facilities thus stop the export of waste (67% of British plastic waste is exported to the far east)
- Increase consumer choice by avoiding bundling and decrease food waste (15m tonnes of food waste in the UK)
- Lower prices of food
- Contribute to a long-term vision of a zero waste society
Timeline
| 7 Apr 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Oct 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,742
Status
Closed
Opened
7 Apr 2016
Closed
7 Oct 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.