Submitted on Sunday 23rd December 2018
Rejected on Thursday 3rd January 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Substitute compostable material for single use plastic in tampons
Plastic tampon applicator tubes are only in use for seconds, yet last for hundreds of years. Many are flushed down the toilet and end up on the beach and in the sea, as evidenced by beach cleaners all around our coast. Changing these back to a paper-based material is the responsible thing to do.
The charity Surfers Against Sewage (www.sas.org.uk) supports any change that reduces the amount of plastic waste on our beaches and in our oceans and rivers.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because this is something that the UK Government and Parliament is not responsible for. This would be the responsibility of tampon manufacturers.
You could start a new petition calling on the UK Government to take action that would encourage or require manufacturers to do this.
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