Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition STOP sending plastic waste to other countries which is affecting peoples lives.

The most recent example is a tiny village in Sindang Jaya, Indonesia where the people are being poisoned by fumes from burning BRITISH plastic waste in unsupervised, unregulated dump sites. It should be made illegal to do so and an International criminal offence.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/264282

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