Rejected petition Ban unsolicited physical mail (Junk Mail)

This petition asserts that unsolicited physical mail, for the purpose of marketing, is unacceptably wasteful & damaging to the environment. This mail (‘Junk Mail’) is delivered to households either through the postal system, or as inserts within other deliveries (such as Newspapers).

More details

• 17.5 billion pieces of junk mail are distributed each year in the UK, the average household receives 650 pieces. The majority remains unopened and/or unread.
• Direct Mail results in roughly 550,000 tons of household waste, 2.1% of the municipal waste stream.

Junk mail wastes material & energy during every stage of its life cycle (Manufacture, Distribution, Collection, Recycling). This petition calls upon the Government to put the Environment before the Economy.

This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/249527

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Date submitted 30 May 2019
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