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e-1678 (Environmental pollution)
E-petition
Initiated by Caitlin O Brien from Ottawa, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Worldwide, we use 1 billion plastic bags and 500 million straws per day. All this plastic finds its way to our oceans and kills animals;
- Single-use plastics (plastic bags, pop and water bottles, Q-tips, coffee stirrers and straws) take hundreds of years to biodegrade; and
- All that plastic breaks up into little parts (called microplastics) and we end up drinking the water and eating the animals that have accumulated these plastics.
We, the undersigned, Grade 5 citizens of Canada at Knoxdale Public School, call upon the Government of Canada to to ban single-use plastics, in whole or in part, in Canada.
- Open for signature
- May 23, 2018, at 9:28 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 20, 2018, at 9:28 a.m. (EDT)
