This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Generic packaging on FMCG and change labels on non-sustainable packaging
Implement the recommendations of the EFRA committee’s report ‘The price of plastic: ending the toll of plastic waste’ - but go further faster. Introduce generic packaging for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) for reuse by 2025.
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My mother spends her weekends rescuing penguins & turtles in SA - most have been maimed by plastic. 100m marine animals die a year. Gov figures estimate the UK generated 2.5m tonnes of packaging waste in 2021. There are people trying to be environmentally responsible but its difficult & time consuming. UK Gov & UKPP targets for 2042 aren’t ambitious enough - by then we’d we have created 50m tonnes of plastic waste & killed 2e9 animals? Quantities are standard - why isn’t packaging?
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