Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Fund research into making COVID home testing kits more environmentally friendly

Closed 49 signatures

What the petition asks

Fund research to look at ways of making COVID home testing kits recyclable, and reducing the amount of packaging used for these.
Coronavirus testing kits are important for reducing the spread of the virus. However, if the Government is going to encourage home testing across the country we need the home testing kits to become more eco-friendly.

E.g. A single sealed bag for all the contents rather than several different ones. Making tests biodegradable or at least recyclable.

Timeline

21 Dec 2021 Petition opened for signatures
21 Jun 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 49
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 21 Dec 2021
Closed 21 Jun 2022

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