Submitted on Sunday 28th April 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 4th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce law making it much easier to recognise which packaging can be recycled
Currently all recycling labels on food packaging tend to be around the same small size (approximately 1cm wide).
This petition proposes the introduction of legal minimum size requirements so that 'Check Locally' labels must be at least 2cm square and 'Not Yet Recycled' must be at least 4cm square.
The proposal has two intended benefits:
1) Making it easier for consumers (particularly those with imperfect vision) to recognise products with less recycling potential and hence to make better informed decisions on which products to buy
2) The larger recycling labels will reduce the space available to manufacturers for 'promotional' labelling hence creating commercial pressure to improve their products' recycling potential
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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.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242094
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