Rejected petition Stop sending lateral flow tests in plastic casettes

The lateral flow test itself is a thin cardboard strip housed within a large plastic case which has no function. Cost, production time and plastic waste could be vastly reduced by either leaving the casing off altogether or suppling a single case that could be reused by inserting a strip each time.

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To help reduce single use plastic waste and make production of lateral flow tests easier therefore increasing availability.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about the design of lateral flow tests are a matter for the manufacturers, not the Government or Parliament. As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Fund research into making COVID home testing kits more environmentally friendly: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/603869

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 12 January 2022
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