Submitted on Tuesday 12th January 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 19th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
I would like you to stop exporting plastic waste from the UK to poorer countries
The UK currently is the second largest exporter of plastic to poorer countries. The EU have banned export of plastic from 1 January 2021, however we have not. The plastic that we export often ends up in the ocean polluting the ecosystems of our planet, or it is burnt or ends up as land fill waste.
We need to be leading the way on environmental issues such as this. It is not okay for the UK to be exporting plastic. We should be actively looking into sustainable alternatives to plastic use in the UK and also stepping up our own recycling abilities. It is also not okay that we are asking poorer countries to take our waste, for then it to pollute the environment in so many harmful ways. This is a global concern, that we have the utmost responsibility for.
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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/331061
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