Submitted on Sunday 18th January 2026
Rejected on Thursday 26th March 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Force supermarkets to donate in-date and non-expired food to local charities.
Make it an offence for supermarkets to throw away in-date, non-expired and consumable foodstuffs (including drinks). Make it compulsory to donate such items to charities local to each supermarket branch.
The food waste is a scandal. Similar laws have already been enacted abroad.
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:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold safe food
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754118
216.73.216.30 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:22:30 +0100
