Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Require child car seat manufacturers to recycle their products.
Closed
105 signatures
What the petition asks
Parents, carers and guardians are advised to buy new car seats for safety reasons. Car seats are expensive. We don’t want to throw them in landfill at the end of their life.
We want manufacturers to be required to make sure that every seat can be recycled, and pay for those costs of this.
We know that car seats can be recycled. This asks that the government makes manufacturers meet the cost of a recycling programme.
The government can recognise the child car seat as an expensive, single use, mixed material, legally required product, and as such can too recognise that it does not belong in landfill, that it should be recycled and make high level changes to ensure those who enjoy the profits of car seat purchases pay for their responsible recycling.
We know that car seats can be recycled. This asks that the government makes manufacturers meet the cost of a recycling programme.
The government can recognise the child car seat as an expensive, single use, mixed material, legally required product, and as such can too recognise that it does not belong in landfill, that it should be recycled and make high level changes to ensure those who enjoy the profits of car seat purchases pay for their responsible recycling.
Timeline
| 24 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Mar 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
105
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
24 Sep 2020
Closed
24 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.