Discourage shops to sell food in plastic packaging by introducing a tax on it

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

To make a law to discourage shops to use non recyclable plastic packaging for fruits, vegetables, pastry etc. by charging a small tax, like on plastic bags, on every single plastic packaging used. This should discourage the use of them and reduce waste and litter.

It is an idea of my 9 years old daughter, Chiara, concerned for the environment and animals in the wild getting trapped in plastic waste from supermarkets and getting hurt. This petition is part of her campaign called "Rabbits hate Plastic". We feel that the UK can lead the world with recyclable packaging in supermarkets and help the environment. The Parliament should discourage the use of plastic as packaging from the shops and doing so reduce the waste and litter.

Why it was rejected

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

Introduce a 'litter tax' on all single-use packaging

Timeline

31 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Mar 2021

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