Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martyn Day (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 17 May 2022, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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Plastic Free Pint campaign

That this House supports the international campaign Plastic Free Pint by A Plastic Planet, which seeks an outright ban on plastic pint cups without delay; notes that globally 500 billion plastic cups are used each year and lined up end to end they would span 50 MILLION kilometres – the same distance as 130 trips from Earth to the moon; acknowledges that those pint cups are almost exclusively made of plastic and are single-use items that will end up in landfill, in incinerators or directly in our natural environments; highlights that plastic cups are the sixth-most commonly found plastic item in Britain’s rivers, and the eighth on the nation’s beaches; and calls on the Government as well as hon. Members to work together to end the scourge of the plastic pint cups and help build a more sustainable planet.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

68 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Ronnie Cowan

Chris Stephens

Wera Hobhouse

Apsana Begum

Allan Dorans

Subjects

Plastics Waste Beverage containers

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk