Submitted on Thursday 13th September 2018
Rejected on Thursday 20th September 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Get shops & supermarkets,to give loyalty points to customers using reusable bags
Supermarkets & other local shops are currently using plastic bags for customers, charging 5p or 10p.These bags contribute to pollution and can easily look like jellyfish if they get into the ocean and thus be mistaken for food by turtles and other animals.
Let's try to replace them with cloth bags
If we use re-usable cloth bags, we could save up to 25,000 plastic bags in an average lifetime (and it can take over 1,000 years for a plastic bag to biodegrade).
According to the environment department, much progress needs to be made: while 45% of shoppers have bought a reusable bag, only 12% use them. If we could make the supermarkets & shops to give loyalty points to customers using cloth reusable bags, it may potentially reduce plastic bags usage for 40-50%
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The decision on whether or not to offer a loyalty scheme is one for individual supermarkets, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You could contact supermarkets directly about this issue.
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