Petition · past parliament
Ban all plastic straws in the UK
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
Plastic straws take 500 years to decompose. The number of straws we use in the UK every day is unbelievable! We are calling on Theresa May to ban all plastic straws in the UK. The sea life continue to die from these plastic straws going into our oceans! Ban all plastic straws in the UK.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 8 Aug 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Aug 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Aug 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.