Petition · past parliament

STOP sending plastic waste to other countries which is affecting peoples lives.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The most recent example is a tiny village in Sindang Jaya, Indonesia where the people are being poisoned by fumes from burning BRITISH plastic waste in unsupervised, unregulated dump sites. It should be made illegal to do so and an International criminal offence.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

31 Aug 2019 Petition opened for signatures
6 Sep 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Sep 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.