Petition · past parliament
Prevent food waste
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
We need to make it mandatory that all supermarkets, shops, cafes etc have to give any unsold food that has reached its best before date to volunteers for collectors such as Olio so this can be redistributed amongst the community rather than going to landfill.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 28 May 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Jun 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.