Ban plastic straws on school milk cartons

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Eco teams from 2 primary schools in the North West of England have collaborated to campaign for plastic straws to be removed from school milk after learning about the damage they cause to our wildlife and habitats.

The children have estimated that out of approx 4 million primary school children in England, 1.7 million will have school milk each day in Key Stage 1. This means that approximately 8.5 million plastic straws are discarded each week. Reports say that the amount of plastic in the oceans will treble in the next decade. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43477233)
We can help by simply changing from plastic straws to paper.

Why it was rejected

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

We think that this petition is very similar:

Ban the sale of single use plastic straws and cutlery in England

Timeline

22 May 2018	Petition opened for signatures
29 May 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 May 2018

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