Offer tax-free paper bags to oppose usage of plastic ones.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

As plastic bags all over the UK have a 5p tax, people have begun to use more reusable bags. These plastics, however, are not fully recyclable as paper is/can be. Offering paper bags for free is much more sustainable than our current options and I believe that these will again replace plastic bags.

Plastic bags can take anywhere from 5 to 1000 years to fully decompose, where as paper can be recycled or would only take one month.
Plastic bags waste oils which could be refined for other use.
Paper manufacture is much more sustainable and reliant, whereas fossil fuels are estimated to run out in the next century.
It costs a lot of money to put research into plastic, while we already have the ability to make paper bags.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take specific action.

There is no charge on paper bags, so we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You could start a new petition setting out clearly the change you would like to see.

Timeline

24 Nov 2018	Petition opened for signatures
4 Dec 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 Dec 2018

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