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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Petition Ban the giving out of plastic bags in shops

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Plastic bags are given out to shoppers every day. The vast majority end up on landfill, taking a few hundred years to decompose. While this process is taking place, the landfill sites are filling up quickly, and there is limited space for new landfills to be created, and all the while climate change is becoming more and more irreversible. 'Bags for life' are available from the vast majority of large companies, a reusable alternative which is much better for the environment.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

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