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Outlaw availability of plastic carrier bags, replacing with strong paper bags

Submitted on Saturday 13th January 2018

Rejected on Friday 19th January 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Outlaw availability of plastic carrier bags, replacing with strong paper bags

Petition Details

Charging for plastic bags in supermarkets has successfully reduced the use of plastic carrier bags. We now need to address the continued use of unnecessary plastic bags when there is a suitable and biodegradable alternative.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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