Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ban plastic bags in the UK
Closed
251 signatures
What the petition asks
Single use plastic bags are problematic, taking up to 1000 years to biodegrade; even then they still exist as micro plastics. We need the government to ban plastic bags in order to try and help the current climate change issue to which these plastic bags are contributing majorly to.
We need to act now, before it’s too late. Plastic bags hinder the quality of our earth, despite it only being the start. We as the UK, need to start being more responsible for our actions on how we’re damaging our earth. Although you might think this won’t change anything, it’s a start. A start to make our world a better, environmentally friendly world. Please share this to everyone you can so we can try and out a stop to climate change once and for all. Thank you
Timeline
| 25 Jan 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Jul 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
251
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
25 Jan 2022
Closed
25 Jul 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.