Submitted on Thursday 12th March 2026
Rejected on Friday 10th April 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Require Supermarkets to Donate Safe, Unsold Food.
Require supermarkets to donate safe unsold food to cut waste and help people facing food insecurity, ensuring edible surplus is redirected to charities and food banks instead of being thrown away, supporting communities and reducing environmental harm.
Large supermarkets throw away large amounts of safe, edible food while millions of people struggle to afford enough to eat. Food banks report record demand, yet retailers still dispose of food that could be redistributed. Requiring supermarkets to donate safe surplus food would reduce waste, support communities, and cut environmental harm. Other countries already mandate this and have shown it increases donations and prevents edible food being destroyed unnecessarily.
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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 similar action: "Ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold safe food" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754118
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