Submitted on Tuesday 15th October 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 16th October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Require UK supermarkets to replace plastic bags with paper bags.
Due to environmental concerns and the high level of plastic waste polluting the seas. We require a ban of plastic bags.
Up to 80 percent of ocean plastic pollution enters the ocean from land. Only 1 percent of plastic bags are returned for recycling, That means that the average family only recycles 15 bags a year.
Normally, plastic items can take up to 1000 years to decompose in landfills.
Plastic bags can have various negative impacts on the environment. (https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/sustainability/plastic_bag_facts.html)
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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.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/256386
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