Rejected petition Reduce Plastic Used in Schools, Specifically in Canteens

Plastics are now a bigger issue than they have ever been before. Everyday, around 8 million pieces of plastic end up in the ocean and this is having catastrophic effects on our marine wildlife. 100,000 marine mammals and turtles and 1 million seabirds are killed annually due to plastic pollution.

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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/236891

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Date submitted 16 January 2019
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