Rejected petition Plastic Bags should be considered a bio hazard and should be banned in the UK

Plastic Bags and one use Plastics are killing our oceans and wild life and should be banned in the United Kingdom.

These are not being reused or recycled in sufficient numbers and plastic has entered into our food chain.

These plastics will not break down in our lifetime.

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Date submitted 24 December 2017
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