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Ban the deliberate release of balloons.

Submitted on Saturday 30th March 2019

Rejected on Monday 8th April 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban the deliberate release of balloons.

Petition Details

All released balloons return to Earth. They kill animals and add to the plastic waste clogging our oceans.

Even so-called “biodegradable” latex balloons can take years to break down.

Additional Information

The humble balloon and fragments produced when they burst have been identified as the number one risk of causing death from floating rubbish by University of Tasmania scientists.

PhD student Lauren Roman said the study found that although hard plastic accounts for the vast majority of debris ingested it is far less likely to kill than soft plastics such as balloons.

Sea turtles are particularly at risk because they eat Jellies which balloon fragments can easily be mistaken for.


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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.

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