Petition Ban the distribution of plastic straws within England and Wales

Many companies exchange plastic straws to paper, however, numerous stores within England and Wales still sell multi-pack plastic straws meaning countless amounts are wasted. National Geographic’s study revealed 4.4 billion straws are thrown away annually, thus destroying our oceans and species.

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Clear evidence of this can be found by the following;

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2018/07/brief-history-how-plastic-straws-took-over-world
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/science-environment-43825197

We have come so far as a nation in the reduction of plastic straws already. Therefore, stopping the production of plastic straws would complete our goal.

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

45 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 45 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 November 2019
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