Ban all harmful single use plastics within the UK by 2021, in line with Canada.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Recently Canada announced it is to ban all harmful single use plastics throughout the country by as early as 2021. This petition aims to ban the use of single use plastics which are estimated to exceed 65 billion single use plastic items, a day in the UK by 2025.

According to plastic free, the UK produced around 5 million tons of plastic waste a year. This means the average family throws away 40 kg (40 bags of sugar) worth of plastic waste away each year. This ends up in landfills where it doesn't break down. A lot ends up in our oceans where it is eaten by marine animals, this in turn works its way up the food chain and eventually back into us.

http://plasticfree.co.uk/plastic-stats/

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

UK Government should ban the use of single use plastic by the year 2022.

Timeline

11 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jun 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jun 2019

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