Rejected petition Discourage shops to sell food in plastic packaging by introducing a tax on it

Rejected on 16 March 2021

To make a law to discourage shops to use non recyclable plastic packaging for fruits, vegetables, pastry etc. by charging a small tax, like on plastic bags, on every single plastic packaging used. This should discourage the use of them and reduce waste and litter.

It is an idea of my 9 years old daughter, Chiara, concerned for the environment and animals in the wild getting trapped in plastic waste from supermarkets and getting hurt. This petition is part of her campaign called "Rabbits hate Plastic". We feel that the UK can lead the world with recyclable packaging in supermarkets and help the environment. The Parliament should discourage the use of plastic as packaging from the shops and doing so reduce the waste and litter.

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/577169

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