Rejected petition Prevent food waste

We need to make it mandatory that all supermarkets, shops, cafes etc have to give any unsold food that has reached its best before date to volunteers for collectors such as Olio so this can be redistributed amongst the community rather than going to landfill.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/259180

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Date submitted 28 May 2019
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