Submitted on Sunday 12th July 2020
Rejected on Thursday 17th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Implement a tax on food packaged with any single use plastics
A tax on all food packaged with any single use plastics in order to persuade food suppliers to replace it with non-plastic alternatives. The tax should start low but increase over time to make plastic food packaging commercially unattractive. For example 10% in year 1, 25% in 2 two, 100% in year 3.
Plastic pollution is a huge problem, and currently there is little commercial incentive towards change. Food is one of the markets where single use plastic is highly prevalent, yet alternatives exist - from traditional waxed paper, through to new technologies e.g. cellulose based packaging. The UK should be a world leader in the green economy, and this approach would help to drive investment in alternatives to our plastic-heavy economy.
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