A complete ban on plastic bags. Along with fruit and vegetable plastic packaging

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Plastic bags are still routinely sold around the country which is polluting our country side, rivers and oceans. Along with decimating our wildlife.

Fruit and Vegetable are pre packaged in pointless packaging. This simply should not be happening.

he amount of plastic waste generated annually in the UK is estimated to be nearly 5 million tonnes. (WRAP)

https://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.

Ban plastic bags

Ban supermarkets from using plastic bags for loose fruit, veg and pastries.

Ban all single-use plastic bottles and all plastic bags by 2020.

Timeline

16 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
31 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Jul 2019

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