Pupils at Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan, have been finding out how to reduce, reuse and recycle plastics within their community as they participated in ‘The Big Plastic Count’ to find out the plastic footprint of their homes and were concerned about the amount of waste that ends up in landfill and in oceans.
As a result of their work, some children were invited to a Youth Empowerment Day in Westminster led by Greenpeace, where they learned about the United Nation's drive to protect the environment, with175 nations agreeing to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution policy. This would be a major step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production, use and disposal. The children spent the afternoon discussing environmental impact issue with MPs and asking the UK government to sign up to the Global Plastic Treaty by the end of the year.
As a result of their work, some children were invited to a Youth Empowerment Day in Westminster led by Greenpeace, where they learned about the United Nation's drive to protect the environment, with175 nations agreeing to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution policy. This would be a major step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production, use and disposal. The children spent the afternoon discussing environmental impact issue with MPs and asking the UK government to sign up to the Global Plastic Treaty by the end of the year.
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00:00 Hello, we're all children of Beecher Community Primary School and we have been to Westminster
00:05 in London to go to the Big Plastic Count Youth Empowerment Day.
00:11 At the Big Plastic Count I got interviewed by Greenpeace and we decided on questions
00:17 to ask the MPs about the Global Plastic Treaty.
00:20 So going to Westminster means we are making a change. Lots of MPs listened to our messages
00:26 and agreed to look at the Global Plastic Treaty.
00:29 Before the trip to London we collected data at the school and counted all the plastic
00:34 thrown away by each family. The results shocked us. In a week 5,888 pieces of plastic was
00:41 thrown away. That is equivalent to 306,176 plastic thrown away in a year.
00:47 Thank you.
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