Petition · past parliament
Introduce a plastic tax and a plastic bottle return scheme
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
700 thousand plastic bottles are littered in the UK every day. Each bottle can take 450 years to break down. These bottles end up in our oceans, in our fish and ultimately to us. By bringing in a plastic bottle return scheme people could get cash back on plastic bottles and help the environment
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 29 Sep 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 Oct 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 Oct 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.