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Petition · past parliament

Encourage business to stop using disposal plastic straws.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The drinks industry uses millions of disposable plastic straws in the uk every year. Most of the time these are not needed or used, only to be then send to land fill.

Why it was rejected

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

Introduce a 5p charge on single-use plastic straws.

Reduce and end unnecessary single-use plastics

Timeline

7 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jan 2018

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