This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Reduce the amount of plastic used in supermarket foods and retail distributors
With 300 million tons of plastic being produced globally, as a result a huge scale of these plastic products used are being dumped into our oceans, drastically damaging the life and sustainability of marine life.
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With supermarkets being one of the largest contributors in consuming large sums of plastic, (especially in food packaging). Over time, with so much of this left over waste still remaining as a large proportion of plastic products are not 100% recyclable, are then left to decay over a period of months and then years, only left for marine life to consume. With micro-plastics being one of the biggest threats to sea life, every year upon thousands of life die each year, continuing will only make things worst.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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We understand that you want to reduce the amount of plastic used by supermarkets and retail distributors, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200189
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