Petition · Department for Business and Trade
STOP APPLYING COMMERCIAL WASTE LAWS TO HOME BAKERS AND SOLE TRADERS
Open for signatures
32 signatures
What the petition asks
home based sole traders are not corporations, we need to stop penalising small volume businesses, are stunting their growth.
Home-based sole traders operating from residential addresses already contribute to household waste collections. We believe applying commercial trade waste requirements to people running small businesses from home is disproportionate and unworkable. A home baker fulfilling two orders a year faces the same legal waste obligations as a commercial restaurant yet generates a fraction of the waste. This creates an unfair financial burden that could push compliant micro-businesses to either operate illegally/close
Timeline
| 3 Jul 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Opened
3 Jul 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.