After years of automatically using the plastic bags provided at large supermarket stores to shop for my vegetables and fruit, combined with years of reading information on how damaging plastic is to animals and the environment, I stopped to ask myself if I actually needed them.
I have now switched to bringing a container with me to shop for these things instead, much to the disdain of checkout staff everywhere.
Packaging-free supermarkets are now being pioneered in mainland Europe, and many nations around the world have opted to ban or tax the use of plastic bags, and I believe that the UK should follow this example to drastically cut our plastic consumption.
Update #46 years ago
Thank you to everyone still signing this petition, please remember to share as widely as possible to get more names. We might be at 5000 but need at least that again to have any impact. Keep it up everyone and thank you!
Update #37 years ago
3,520 signatures seems to have us stuck! Do you think you could get anymore? please share far and wide to oppose the use of destructive plastic bags in big supermarket chains. Help us protect our planet. thanks everyone!
Update #28 years ago
Hello all, just wanted to say thank you so much for signing and sharing, we have now reached over 3000 signatures. Lets continue to share far and wide! Need a lot more to make even a small impact so keep em coming. Sarah
Update #19 years ago
Hello everyone! Wow over 1300 signatures so far in just over one week! so pleased, thank you.
From what I can gather:
Any e-petition signed by more than 10,000 people will have a government response published alongside it.
The 100,000-signature threshold making an e-petition eligible for a Commons debate will remain in place.
Lets keep up spreading the word! Well done!
Thank you
