This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food.

Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities, food banks and homeless. Stop them wasting millions of pounds of good food every year simply because of there sell be date.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/204911

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