Submitted on Wednesday 17th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 3rd September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Force supermarkets to donate unsold food to food banks instead of throwing away
Follow France's lead and ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks
Throwing away or destroying unsold food that is perfectly good is so wasteful when food banks and charities are in need such great need.
No one should go hungry and this would help hugely to alleviate the hunger problems facing many families in the UK.
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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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319348
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