Petition Make it illegal to import, sell or release sky lanterns

Ban the import and sale of sky lanterns, also known as 'Chinese lanterns', and make it an offence to set them off.

More details

We believe these pose a real threat because of the fire risk to property and injury to wildlife, plus the negative environmental impact of metal frames potentially littering the countryside.

Sign this petition

32 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

At 10,000 signatures...

At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition

At 100,000 signatures...

At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament

Share this petition

Created by Sue Wilson
Deadline 29 October 2022 All petitions run for 6 months
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.