Plastic Free Pint campaign

Early day motion 68, tabled 17 May 2022 by Martyn Day (Scottish National Party). Signed by 24 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 9, Labour 5, Liberal Democrat 5, Alba 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.