Submitted on Sunday 14th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 27th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Require drive-thru takeaways to write customer vehicle reg numbers on packaging.
Litter from fast food and coffee drive-thru takeaways is blighting our urban and rural landscapes. Voluntary measures have failed. An effective solution would be to require businesses to write customer vehicle registration numbers on packaging, forcing people to dispose of their rubbish responsibly.
During the coronavirus lockdown, litter from fast food outlets all but disappeared. But with the easing of restrictions, discarded fast food packaging has begun to increase on roadsides and at beauty spots, causing plastic pollution and draining the public purse. Councils and Highways England spend nearly £700m a year cleaning up litter. The Government could reduce this cost by introducing a requirement for vehicle registrations to be recorded on all drive-thru takeaway packaging.
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