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Ban Supermarkets from selling fresh produce in plastic & require it to be loose

Submitted by Layla Summer Clemens on Monday 23rd February 2026

Published on Monday 30th March 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Wednesday 30th September 2026

Current Signatures: 95
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Cheaper ~ Encouraging ~ France ~ Fresh ~ loosing ~ Paper ~ plastic ~ Sell ~ supermarkets ~ Viewing ~ waste ~ Wasted

Petition Action

Ban Supermarkets from selling fresh produce in plastic & require it to be loose

Petition Details

Bring in legislation (like in France) to ban supermarkets from selling fresh produce in plastic packaging. If it is necessary to have products in packaging, make it paper.

Additional Information

In our view, it is absolutely unnecessary for produce to be in plastic packaging as it is a true waste of plastic. Most produce does not need to be in packaging as well, but there is an incentive for purchasers to buy the packaged alternative if they are cheaper to buy. We believe we need to stop encouraging waste, with both the packaging and the unnecessary purchasing of more products (that go to landfill) just because they are more financially appealing.


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