Rejected petition Ban the Production of Plastic Drinking Bottles.

The UK currently consumes millions of plastic bottled drinks on a weekly basis.

The after-effects of this are clear to see, in our countryside and towns.

We propose a full ban on new plastic bottles below the size of 1ltr, to drastically ease plastic production and save our environment.

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While the government have given a green light to a deposit scheme, this only lends support to the companies producing these bottles, allowing them to continue produduction. It doesn't solve the problem.

Approximately 13 billion plastic bottles are used each year in the UK. Only around 56% are recycled, meaning 44% go to landfill.

Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.

We need to end production of new plastics now and change our culture towards drinks.

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244976

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Date submitted 6 April 2019
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