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Tougher UK regulation of the international trading in second-hand clothing

Submitted on Monday 30th January 2023

Rejected on Wednesday 1st February 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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Tougher UK regulation of the international trading in second-hand clothing

Petition Details

We require that both charity organisations and the UK government take action by providing tougher regulations for second-hand textiles which are leaving the UK, and more specifically work alongside Accra, Ghana to “clean up” the damage taking place from textile waste.

Additional Information

The UK is the second biggest exporter of used textiles. Without regulations for donations, charity shops end up with items that are hard to sell, and 35% of the world’s second-hand clothing trade go straight to the African continent. 17 million items from the West circulate weekly in the Kantamanto market in Ghana, with 50% being discarded.

https://comtrade.un.org/data/
https://wrap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/WRAP-textiles-market-situation-report-2019.pdf
https://www.therevival.earth/


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you're concerned about international trading of second hand clothing, but it's not clear what regulation you want the Government to introduce.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

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