Fine e-commerce companies like Amazon for using excessive amounts of packaging

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

E-commerce companies such as Amazon are notorious for their use of excessive amounts of packaging for smaller items. Amazon committed to reducing packaging in 2008 but clearly a strong financial incentive is required as no noticeable improvement has been made in the past decade.

Amazon's commitment to "Frustration-Free Packaging": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Frustration-Free-Packaging-Program
Numerous examples of excessive packaging posted on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=amazon%20excessive%20packaging

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure exactly which companies you'd like this to apply to.

We could accept a petition calling for fines for all companies doing business over the internet in the UK, or for companies over a particular size, if that's what you'd like to happen.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Mar 2018

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