Submitted on Sunday 1st April 2018
Rejected on Friday 6th April 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban plastic straws in the UK to save our waterways and environment
Plastic straws are wreaking havoc across the world. Each straw has a lifespan of just 20 minutes, but it;s estimated it can take up to 400 years to completely break down. The UK uses approximately 8.5 billion straws a year, so lets make a positive change and get rid of them once and for all!
Most straws end up in the ocean where they cause a lot of damage to animals by being mistakenly ingested. Since the 1950s it is estimated by the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Georgia that just 9% of the 9.1 billion tonnes of plastic produced has been recycled.
We need to reduce our reliance on single use plastic and find biodegradable and sustainable alternatives, such as paper straws.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/209831
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