Force all supermarkets to supply biodegradable bags for groceries.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Replacing plastic bags for biodegradable bags is a small step towards ending our planets plastic pollution problem. Plastic is not only harmful to wildlife but also humans, we’re slowly poisoning ourselves and our planet through neglect. Sacrificing plastic bags for paper is a small price to pay.

Here are some links to videos of the plastic problem:
https://youtu.be/ju_2NuK5O-E

https://youtu.be/yaDx-WJAsaE

https://youtu.be/SLEHuGSSW_o

This is an article about a company creating bags safe for marine wildlife: https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/plastic-bag-edible-and-fully-biodegradable.html

Plastic bags are a small part of a major plastic pollution epidemic, it’s on all of us humans to fix it in any way we can.

Why it was rejected

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

Ban plastic bags

Timeline

18 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Jul 2019

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