Rejected petition Ban the use of plastic bags within shops and supermarkets.

Environmental protection is an increasingly important issue facing the UK. We call the government to ban the use of plastic bags in shops and supermarkets to help protect the environment.

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/236735

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Date submitted 1 April 2019
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