Petition Make the discarding of syringes in a public place a specific criminal offence

The Government should create a specific criminal offence of discarding syringes in a public place, with penalties up to and including custodial sentences.

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Too many towns are littered with used syringes, that pose a risk to the public and especially children.

Making discarding these syringes a specific offence would empower the police to tackle this problem, and ensure that perpetrators faced real penalties.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

21 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 21 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 4 August 2022
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