Rejected petition Increase fines and penalties for littering

Rejected on 28 July 2020

The deterrent for littering is not enough and not enforced enough. The recent aftermath of mass gatherings have displayed a terrible lack of social responsibility and there should be reasonable guards in place to prevent people assuming a lack of consequence for littering.

Penalties should be increased. Enforcement should be more highly prioritised and enacted. And community service included as a penalty for non-payment of fines or habitual offence.

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/324488

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