Prioritise the development of a sustainable circular economy.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Up to 99% of goods end up in landfills or are burned to produce fuel (EfW) within 6 months of purchase. This is both inherently wasteful and bad for the planet. An SCE makes better use of resources than our current linear economy, prevents waste and pollution, and provides employment in recycling.

For the sake of current and future generations, we have to be more responsible in our use of resources. Energy from Waste (EfW) has only minor benefits - producing fuel - as against major deficits - waste of resources and increased pollution. A linear economy uses increasing amounts of virgin resources which is unsustainable. Recycling is still underutilized. An ESC would be a sustainable economy going forward into the future. This is based on research from the University of Leeds.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you want the Government to make the UK more sustainable, but it's not clear what action you want the Government to take to achieve this. We can only accept petitions that request a clear action.

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Timeline

7 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
30 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jul 2020

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