Submitted on Wednesday 12th January 2022
Rejected on Monday 17th January 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop sending lateral flow tests in plastic casettes
The lateral flow test itself is a thin cardboard strip housed within a large plastic case which has no function. Cost, production time and plastic waste could be vastly reduced by either leaving the casing off altogether or suppling a single case that could be reused by inserting a strip each time.
To help reduce single use plastic waste and make production of lateral flow tests easier therefore increasing availability.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about the design of lateral flow tests are a matter for the manufacturers, not the Government or Parliament. As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Fund research into making COVID home testing kits more environmentally friendly: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/603869
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