Rejected petition Force supermarkets to distribute unwanted food to charities.

In February 2016, French supermarkets were banned by law from "throwing away and spoiling unsold food" - food which is now distributed through charitable organisations to those who need it most. Here in the UK, a reported 15m tons of food is wasted per year. This petition aims at cutting that down.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/22/uk-tops-chart-of-eu-food-waste

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-got-france-to-ban-supermarkets-from-wasting-food-and-now-im-fighting-for-it-to-happen-in-europe-a6884096.html

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/120910

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Date submitted 22 February 2016
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