Rejected petition A complete ban on plastic bags. Along with fruit and vegetable plastic packaging

Plastic bags are still routinely sold around the country which is polluting our country side, rivers and oceans. Along with decimating our wildlife.

Fruit and Vegetable are pre packaged in pointless packaging. This simply should not be happening.

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he amount of plastic waste generated annually in the UK is estimated to be nearly 5 million tonnes. (WRAP)

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Date submitted 16 July 2019
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