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Ban helium balloon releases

Submitted on Tuesday 16th January 2024

Rejected on Wednesday 24th January 2024

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban helium balloon releases

Petition Details

Balloon releases are a significant threat to wildlife, livestock and pets, which can be injured or killed from eating balloon fragments, getting tangled in long balloon ribbons or strings, or being spooked by the falling debris and should be banned, made illegal and massive fines put in place.

Additional Information

Deliberate releases of balloons are common sights at celebrations.
These fleeting feel-good acts inflict long-lasting and potentially deadly consequences on the environment and wildlife. All released balloons return to Earth as ugly litter.

They kill countless animals, are a significant threat to wildlife, livestock and pets, which can be injured or killed from eating balloon fragments, getting tangled in long balloon ribbons or strings, or being spooked by the falling debris.


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This petition was rejected

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/641415

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