Amy and Ella, her sister, set up Kids Against Plastic back in 2016 after learning about the UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development and in particular the recurring issue of plastic pollution. Their mission to make a difference started out as a home-school project and has since become an award-winning charity. Over the last three years, Amy and Ella have worked hard to inspire children, engage politicians, business leaders and academics, and to motivate individuals, families, schools, cafes and businesses to become more discerning users of single-use plastic - or become ‘Plastic Clever’, as they call it. The Plastic Clever positive award scheme has been adopted by cafes, businesses and over 900 schools around the UK. The girls have also talked at various events internationally (including giving their own TEDx talk in 2018 and speaking at the Young Activists Summit in the UN Geneva in December 2019), as well as at schools around the UK. Plus, they are working towards their own individual goal of collecting 100,000 pieces of plastic litter and have collected almost 75,000 so far. Amy and Ella have a book published by Dorling Kindersley, written by kids for kids, called Be Plastic Clever. Through the book, their campaigning and activism, they hope to inspire other young people to find, and use, their voices to bring about positive changes.
