Petition · past parliament
Ban ALL single use plastics in supermarkets, shops and schools.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Single-use plastics, are used only once before they are thrown away. These items are things like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, soda and water bottles and most food packaging, which cannot be recycled.
Most schools, supermarkets and shops will use tonnes of this each year.
Most schools, supermarkets and shops will use tonnes of this each year.
Everything comes wrapped in some form of plastic and there are hundreds of other reasonable substitutes. For example paper straws instead of plastic straws.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Mar 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Mar 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
25 Mar 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.