Scottish teenager's petition on single-use plastics wins support in parliament

Groundswell of support for ban propels campaign of Tabby Fletcher, 17, from her island home on Jura to HolyroodA petition by a schoolgirl on a remote island calling on the Scottish government to ban all single-use plastics has received more than 26,000 signatures and the backing of MSPs in the Highlands and Islands.Tabby Fletcher, a 17-year-old from the Isle of Jura, off the west coast of Scotland, launched the petition after seeing dead birds, their bodies entangled in plastic, among piles of waste washed up on Jura's beaches after a powerful storm. Continue reading...