Submitted by Claire Bamford on Tuesday 7th March 2023
Published on Monday 13th March 2023
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Signatures: 42
Relevant Departments
Include blister packs for medication in the UK Plastic Packaging Tax
Currently all packaging for medicinal products are exempt from the tax. The income from taxing these packs could go towards funding essential recycling programmes with local councils and pharmacies across the country.
This is a one-use plastic the vast majority of which ends up landfill. There are recycling programmes for blister packs, so the packs could be recycled across the country right now. But there is a lack of participation due to cost. We believe extending this tax could help country reach the net-zero target.
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