Petition · past parliament
Ban plastic straws from pubs, cafes, coffee places etc!
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Plastic straws are used for merely minutes or even seconds! Yet each straw takes 500 years to biodegrade!!!
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 25 Jan 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Jan 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
31 Jan 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.