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Ban plastic shopping bags. Offer paper, cotton or hessian bags as alternatives

Submitted on Thursday 12th April 2018

Rejected on Tuesday 8th May 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban plastic shopping bags. Offer paper, cotton or hessian bags as alternatives

Petition Details

It was reported that despite introducing the 5p charge, major shops in England still sold 2.1 billion single-use plastic bags in the last financial year.

I propose to introduce a ban on all plastic bags. Retailers should offer either; paper bags or cotton bags (made from recycled materials).

Additional Information

Despite extending the 5p charge on single-use plastic bags, major retailers in England still sold 2.1 billion in the last financial year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42652937.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england/single-use-plastic-carrier-bags-charge-data-in-england-for-2016-to-2017


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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