Petition · past parliament

Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities, food banks and homeless. Stop them wasting millions of pounds of good food every year simply because of there sell be date.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

3 Dec 2017 Petition opened for signatures
7 Dec 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Dec 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.