05 Jul 2025
A group of young St Albans eco-activists have launched a campaign to ban plastic toys and wrapping on children’s comics and magazines.
Apparently, there are an average of 10 pieces of plastic on each comic, which equates to 10 million pieces of plastic a week and over half a billion pieces of plastic a year.
The initiative is run by the junior Climate Club hosted at The Green House, a community eco-hub in London Road, and also involved the eco-councils from Cunningham Hill, Prae Wood and Abbey C of E Primary schools.
The Climate Club members have been busy gathering signatures and writing letters to present to the CEO of Tesco, hoping that if they lead the way other supermarkets will follow.
They were joined at The Green House by St Albans MP Daisy Cooper, and the children explained all about their aims, read some of their powerful letters and then asked for her help to spread the word.
You can join the children’s campaign and sign an online petition by visiting the Kids Against Plastic website: kidsagainstplastic.co.uk
