Submitted on Tuesday 14th April 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it compulsory for food retailers to give food away rather than waste it
To pass a law making it illegal for retailers to throw food away, similar to France that have had a law in place since 2016
After numerous attempts to ask retailers to stop throwing food away and being fobbed off with corporate jargon, it’s time to ask questions in Parliament and provoke retailers to defend their policies.
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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 the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Ban all supermarkets from throwing away edible food & require their donation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/755710
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