Submitted by Peter O'Donnell on Monday 23rd February 2026
Published on Friday 27th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 27th September 2026
Current Signatures: 32
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Tagged with
abuse ~ Accept ~ Addressing ~ Communism ~ Communities ~ Culture ~ Direct ~ Forced ~ Hazard ~ Left Behind ~ Nitrous oxide ~ Oxide ~ Refund ~ Return ~ Ridiculous ~ Rochdale ~ Throwing
Introduce Nitrous Oxide canister refunds
The littering of UK highways and communities needs addressing more proactively. This Govt should introduce legislation to force manufacturers, wholesalers and/or other retailers to accept the empty canisters and pay a refund for each one returned.
The use and abuse of NO2 is getting out of hand!
I volunteer to litter pick in my community in Rochdale because a more direct approach is required to tackle the UK's very fertile throw away culture. The abuse of NO2 is becoming a considerable health hazard and equally the littering left behind in the use is getting ridiculous. There are plenty of recyclable materials with these canisters; incentivizing the public or users to collect them and dispose of them safely for a refund would see the UK picked clean more regularly.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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