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

Require local councils to recycle medical blister packs

Closed 97 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it a statutory requirement for local councils to recycle medical blister packs

Millions of medical pill blister packs are sent to land waste every year.

People of all ages are generating this waste. Especially in rural areas, it can be extremely difficult for people to get these recycled.

It should be obligatory for local councils to include these in their recycling programmes, rather than disposing in landfill.

Timeline

5 Dec 2023 Petition opened for signatures
29 May 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 97
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 5 Dec 2023
Closed 29 May 2024

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