Rejected petition Force all supermarkets to supply biodegradable bags for groceries.

Replacing plastic bags for biodegradable bags is a small step towards ending our planets plastic pollution problem. Plastic is not only harmful to wildlife but also humans, we’re slowly poisoning ourselves and our planet through neglect. Sacrificing plastic bags for paper is a small price to pay.

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Here are some links to videos of the plastic problem:
https://youtu.be/ju_2NuK5O-E

https://youtu.be/yaDx-WJAsaE

https://youtu.be/SLEHuGSSW_o

This is an article about a company creating bags safe for marine wildlife: https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/plastic-bag-edible-and-fully-biodegradable.html

Plastic bags are a small part of a major plastic pollution epidemic, it’s on all of us humans to fix it in any way we can.

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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/236521

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Date submitted 18 June 2019
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