Submitted on Friday 25th November 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 6th December 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
The government to introduce textile recycling in every U.K. home.
The government to introduce textile recycling into every single home in the U.K.
As well as general waste & mixed recycling there needs to be a textile refuse option available.
Also a mandatory module to be taught in schools on ethical trading, social transparency and social responsibility.
The uk clothing sector is responsible for more than 3m tonnes of co2 emissions.
consuming 2.16m tonnes of clothing and textiles/year, spending approx £38.4bn on clothing alone.
Households in the uk send more than 18.8m tonnes of rubbish (1.2m clothing/textiles) to landfill every year-2m tonnes more than any other country in the EU
Anyone serious about climate change should support efforts to recycle.
LANDFILL SPACE IN BRITAIN ALONE WILL RUN OUT BY 2018 UNLESS RECYLCING RATES ARE BOOSTED
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Local councils are responsible for recycling and waste services.
You could start a new petition asking Parliament to change the law, to require all councils to provide textile recycling services.
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