Reduce unnecessary plastic packaging and bags

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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.


41 Signatures

  • Andy Hamilton
  • Thomas Hewett
  • Natasha Coombs
    • Comments
    • We need to act on this as soon as possible!
  • claire pearcy
  • Colin Davidson
  • Fiona Vickers
    • Comments
    • Eliminate unnecessary packaging
  • Jake lockton
    • Comments
    • I work for a packaging firm and know how much unneeded packaging is used, stop it now.
  • Geof Boucher
  • Alison J Shaw
  • Helen Taylor
  • Steve Burgess
  • Penny Burgess
    • Comments
    • please make this happen, if only charging for carried bags.
  • Mandy Allen
  • Roger Blunden
    • Comments
    • В
  • angela osborne
    • Comments
    • this is a good way to get people to recycle especally the large stores
  • Steven Last
    • Comments
    • I feel the UK government needs to deal with this issue immediately
  • Yvonne Blunden
  • sally bassett
  • Mike Bowcock
    • Comments
    • long overdue!!
  • kathryn booth
  • jean morrison
    • Comments
    • Something must be done soon
  • Eileen Holmes
  • Mrs. P. Gill
  • Bettina Blanke
  • Fiona
    • Comments
    • Well Said! Can we tax staples too?
  • Anna Williams
    • Comments
    • Not just a good idea, but a MUST
  • Melanie Sutherland
  • Sarah Coates
  • Michelle Elphinstone-Walker
  • bill edmunds
  • jackie bryant
    • Comments
    • ALL plastic packaging should be banned, not just taxed!
  • Brenda Hamilton
  • ally gordon
    • Comments
    • please force the major supermarkets to review their packaging methods
  • Emma Gresswell
  • Tommy Gresswell
  • Amanda White
  • Terry Ashby
  • R wellard
  • jennifer
    • Comments
    • this is such an excellent idea and solution to all the unnecessary packaging and waste.
  • Richard Paine
    • Comments
    • Do something positive Mr Brown.
  • John Costigane
    • Comments
    • ban plastic bags now!