Rejected petition Replace small plastic bags with environmentally- friendly brown paper bags.

As we are increasingly becoming aware, the heavy use of plastic around the world is rapidly polluting our rivers and oceans.The 5pcharge has helped to reduce the use of plastic in our supermarkets but it is extremely frustrating how many small plastic bags are still in use, often for no good reason!

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions needs to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you would like to see plastic bags replaced with brown paper pages, but we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You might prefer to sign this petition instead:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/224215

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 9 October 2018
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