Submitted on Thursday 15th June 2023
Rejected on Monday 26th June 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban sale of bottled water in all UK retail outlets inc restaurants and hotels.
To consider drafting legislation that prevents the sale of bottled water in all UK retail supermarkets to the consumer and any other retailer including restaurants, cafes etc.
To eliminate the 7.7 billion single use plastic water bottles a year in the UK - (source: water.org.uk) when we have the availability of potable tap water to all UK citizens.
To reduce carbon emissions by preventing an estimated 15 million bottles being littered, landfilled or incinerated every day. This is believed to produce up to 233,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.
To encourage people to choose potable tap water instead.
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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 which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/633899
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