Petition · past parliament
Force tobacco companies to make their cigarettes from biodegradable materials.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Cigarette butts are arguably the number one polluter of our oceans.
This is a petiton to bring in new legislation, forcing tobacco companies to manufacture their cigarettes using biodegradable materials only.
This is a petiton to bring in new legislation, forcing tobacco companies to manufacture their cigarettes using biodegradable materials only.
In Brussels, on the 21st of April 2019, volunteers collected approximately 270,000 cigarette butts in just 3 hours. If that many cigarette butts can be found in a single city, how many could be found in all the oceans of our world?
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Jun 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Jul 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
24 Jul 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.