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Impose legislation to stop charity bags being delivered to homes in the UK

Submitted on Monday 13th August 2018

Published on Friday 24th August 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 24th February 2019

Signatures: 2,083

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England ~ UK ~ Wales

Petition Action

Impose legislation to stop charity bags being delivered to homes in the UK

Petition Details

charitybags.org.uk estimate that 525 million charity bags are delivered to homes in England & Wales per year – this would equate to 2,625 tonnes of plastic.

Additional Information

They say only 3% are filled, meaning that a staggering 509 million bags may be ending up in landfill, contributing to the worldwide plastic problem.


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