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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ban the use of single-use plastic containers by restaurants and takeaways

Closed 94 signatures

What the petition asks

We want the Government to ban restaurants from using single-use plastic containers for food, so that they have to use alternatives - like aluminium - which can be more easily recycled.
Climate change and plastic waste is real and dangerous. Restaurants use plastic containers in their thousands every week. This is extremely irresponsible and encourages plastic pollution. This needs to change immediately. There are millions of these containers being wasted and they can take 100s of years to decompose.

This has to change now.

Timeline

2 Aug 2023 Petition opened for signatures
2 Feb 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 94
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 2 Aug 2023
Closed 2 Feb 2024

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