Petition · past parliament
Ban all shops in the UK from selling plastic bags
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
We depend on plastic and now we are drowning in it. Every minute, one garbage truck of plastic gets dumped into our oceans. We have 12 years to make a change before it’s too late. Tens of thousands of whales, birds,seals and turtles are killed every year from plastic litter. We need to make a change
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 16 Mar 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Mar 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Mar 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.