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Ban the sale of cheap polystyrene bodyboards

Closed 6,693 signatures

What the petition asks

According to the Keep Britain Tidy report, over 16,000 cheap polystyrene bodyboards are discarded on UK beaches annually. These boards often snap and become unusable within minutes of use. When discarded, polystyrene crumbles into small white polystyrene balls, threatening our natural environment.
These boards are made from a block of standard unrecyclable block of expanded polystyrene wrapped in brightly printed plastic cloth, are sourced from abroad and transported thousands of miles only to often snap within minutes of use. They create an unnecessary carbon footprint and nature threatening waste. Once in the ocean, polystyrene attracts algae adding enough weight to cause the nuggets to sink and present itself as food to fish which could enter the human food chain.

Timeline

11 Feb 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Aug 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 6,693
Status Closed
Opened 11 Feb 2021
Closed 11 Aug 2021

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