Petition · past parliament

Ban supermarkets from destroying unsold food

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Statistics from the WRAP - As many as 8.4 million families in the UK struggle to put food on the table, and yet 7.30 million tones of food waste ends up in landfills each year. Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, instead donate it to charities and food banks.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Mar 2018

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