Ban the use of plastic in medicine.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

With the increase of plastic pollution in our environment, we need to reduce the plastic we use in every sector, including medicine as it is not necessary and there are numerous alternatives.

Almost every form of medicine has micro plastics within it, or is packaged in plastic. We must lobby the government to put a ban on the use of plastic in medicine, as it is not necessary and there are many alternatives such as aluminium packaging which is fully recyclable and is still less harmful to the environment than plastic, taking between 50 and 200 years to decompose rather than 500 - 1000 years.

Why it was rejected

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

We're not sure whether you want a ban on the use of plastic in the manufacture of medicine in the UK, in medicines used by the NHS or on the importation of medicines into the UK.

We are also not sure whether you mean to include all medical items - for example syringes - or just the packaging they come in.

You could start a new petition setting out clearly what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

Timeline

21 Oct 2018	Petition opened for signatures
30 Oct 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Oct 2018

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