Ban all wipes packaging that says flushable

Closed 560 signatures

What the petition asks

Flushable wipes are a menace to the environment, most contain microplastics and have damaging consequences to life in water. These products block our sewers should be disposed of in sanitary bins instead of being flushed down the toilet.

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/plastics/wet-wipes-keeping-them-out-our-seas-and-sewers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/02/wet-wipes-boom-is-changing-the-shape-of-british-riverbeds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/09/holland-barrett-to-stop-selling-wet-wipes-in-fight-against-fatbergs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3003415/How-wet-wipes-destroying-planet-clogging-sewers-creating-floods-noxious-waste-triggering-outbreaks-allergies.html

Timeline

15 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2019	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 560

Status Closed

Opened 15 Jul 2019

Closed 6 Nov 2019

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