Submitted on Saturday 3rd April 2021
Rejected on Thursday 29th April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Compostable packaging must be used all for fresh food and takeaway containers
Manufacturers of all goods that have a short shelf life, such as readymade sandwiches and snacks, must package their goods using only materials that will degrade or compost quickly. These materials, such as starch-based plastic alternatives, are effective, hygienic and readily available.
Currently, items which can only sit on the shelves for 48hrs are packaged in materials which last for hundreds of years.
Despite decades of anti-litter campaigns, our countryside is still strewn with plastic litter every day, damaging our wildlife and waterways.
This simple change would help reduce the masses of needless non-recyclable waste being generated and reduce plastic litter pollution. With effective alternative materials readily available, now is the time to enforce their use.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a very similar action:
'Ban packaging that is not biodegradable or domestically recyclable': petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574939
You might also like to sign this petition which calls for a relation action:
'Make it illegal to manufacture or sell products using non-recyclable plastic':
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561894
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