This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Reduce plastic wrapping and packing in Superstores and a tax Plastic Bottles
Plastic waste is damaging our environment and polluting our oceans, Tons of plastic is ending into our food chain through marine life in the sea and thousands of Unrecyclable plastics end up in landfill emitting toxins into our environment. Plastic manufactures must take greater responsibility.
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Sky News and our own experiences have proved, the damage plastic pollution effecting communities across the globe, with wildlife and thousands of Cattle in third world consuming Plastic bags and communities burning Plastics instead of recycling responsibly. Single use plastic bags should be chargeable across ALL the retail sectors and banned in some businesss replaced with Paper or reusable bags, local councils should apply a levy to all retailer using single use plastic bags.
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It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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There is already a petition calling for a tax on plastic bottles, which you can find here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/175467
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