Reduce unnecessary plastic packaging and bags

To:  UK Parliament

Dear Prime Minister

We call for you to tax major retailers as about 80% of our waste could be reused or recycled. Most will agree that it is plastic packaging that makes up for the bulk of our household waste.

Ireland introduced a tax on carrier bags back in 2002 and it has reduced bag use by over 90%.

So why do we not introduce it here and take it further so that all retailers will have to pay a tax on packaging? It is about time that the major retailers are forced to make a real difference to what is unnecessarily produced and ultimately ends up in a landfill for centuries.

The tax should pay for environmental projects around the country and not into the chancellor's pocket.

The U.K. Could lead the way for much needed environmental reform.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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