Provide tax exemptions for companies that make and use edible plastic.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Biodegradable plastic breaks down into microplastics which enter our food chain. Sources of plastic such as mushrooms, banana skin, milk and yeast can be consumed by bacteria and other organisms.
I would like sales of such plastic exempt from tax and products using it to incur reduced tax rates.

Some possible sources:

Mushrooms
https://daily.jstor.org/company-uses-mushrooms-grows-plastic-alternatives/

Milk protein
https://biomarketinsights.com/could-milk-protein-be-the-solution-to-our-plastic-packaging-crisis/

Banana skin
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303942610_PRODUCTION_OF_BIODEGRADABLE_PLASTIC_FROM_BANANA_PEEL

Yeast
https://www.polymersolutions.com/blog/yeasty-plastics-polymeric-monomers-from-yeast/

Why it was rejected

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

Create tax incentives for companies manufacturing using bio-sourced plastics

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Jul 2019

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