Pledge to tackle plastic pollution

Our recycling system is already overwhelmed by plastic waste. Now our waste is overwhelming other countries’ recycling systems too, causing serious harm to their citizens and environment. The UK exports more than two and a half Olympic swimming pools worth of plastic waste every day, where it risks being dumped and burned. 

By signing this pledge I agree to:

1. A complete ban on all plastic waste exports by no later than 2025
2. Legally binding targets to radically reduce our waste at source, including a target to cut the UK’s single use plastic by 50% by 2025
3. Write to the Environment Secretary to press for urgent action to tackle the plastic waste crisis

This pledge has been signed by the following MPs

1. John Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead
2. John McNally, Falkirk
3. Wendy Chamberlain, North East Fife
4. Neale Hanvey, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
5. Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse
6. Ed Davey, Kingston and Surbiton
7. Tony Lloyd, Rochdale
8. Caroline Lucas, Brighton, Pavilion
9. Virendra Sharma, Ealing, Southall
10. Ian Murray, Edinburgh South
11. Chris Law, Dundee West
12. Tommy Sheppard, Edinburgh East
13. Mary Kelly Foy, City of Durham
14. Diana Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North
15. Paul Blomfield, Sheffield Central
16. Julie Elliott, Sunderland Central
17. Stephen Doughty, Cardiff South and Penarth
18. Simon Jupp, East Devon Conservative
19. Sally-Ann Hart, Hastings and Rye Conservative
20. Zarah Sultana, Coventry South
21. Kate Osborne, Jarrow
22. Dave Doogan, Angus
23. Mark Tami, Alyn and Deeside
24. Diane Abbott, Hackney North and Stoke Newington
25. Barry Sheerman, Huddersfield, Labour
26. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Streatham, Labour
27. Angela Crawley, Lanark and Hamilton East, Scottish National Party
28. Gavin Robinson, Belfast East, Democratic Unionist Party
29. Órfhlaith Begley, West Tyrone, Sinn Fein
30. Tim Farron, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Liberal Democrats
31. Philip Davies, Shipley, Conservative
32. Hywel Williams, Arfon, Plaid Cymru 
33. Kenny MacAskill, East Lothian, Alba Party
34. Allan Dorans, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, Scottish National Party
35. Lisa Cameron, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Scottish National Party
36. Liz Saville Roberts, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Plaid Cymru 
37. Wera Hobhouse, Bath, Liberal Democrats 
38. Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields, Labour
39. Andrew Selous, South West Bedfordshire, Conservative
40. Angus Brendan MacNeil, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
41. Jon Trickett, Hemsworth, Labour 
42. John Mcdonnell, Hayes and Harlington, Labour
43. Jon Cruddas, Dagenham and Rainham, Labour
44. Ben Lake, Ceredigion, Plaid Cymru
45. John Baron, Basildon and Billericay, Conservative