9-year-old triplets from Hertfordshire make blankets for the homeless using crisp packets
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A set of nine-year-old triplets from Hertfordshire are proving that you are never too young to make a difference.
Harry, Indigo and Lottie Van Beers, from Ashwell near Baldock, have set up a YouTube channel called 'The Eco Triplets' to show people how to protect the environment.Their latest video highlights the launch of their new project - The Great Big Crisp Packet Campaign.
The youngsters are setting up crisp packet collection points at schools and community groups so the wrappers can be taken to TerraCycle to be recycled or made into blankets for homeless people.
Walkers, alone, produces 11 million crisp packets a day. Two years ago, the company unveiled the UK’s first crisp packet recycling scheme following a high-profile campaign calling for environmentally friendly packaging.
Walkers says it aims to make all its packaging 100 percent recyclable, compostable or biodegradable by 2025.
The triplets have already got schools, scout groups and a football academy on board with their campaign and so far the community has come together to collect thousands of crisp packets for recycling.
The Eco Triplets make it clear that it is crunch time for non-recyclable crisp packets.
They have started a petition, calling on North East Hertfordshire MP, Sir Oliver Heald, to:
'Raise a question at Prime Minister's Questions about the urgent situation facing plastic pollution and the use of single use plastic particularly in the manufacture of crisps packets, which in the UK is around 20 MILLION a DAY!'
Find out more about The Eco Triplets' campaign here.
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