Teens want province to tackle ‘throw-away plastic economy’

Charlotte Brady and Anastasia Castro began raising a ruckus about single-use plastics when they were in Grade 8 — a bit younger than Greta Thunberg was when she sat down for her first climate protest. The Glenlyon Norfolk School students would take their arguments anywhere people of influence would listen: Oak Bay council, Esquimalt council, business groups. Often, their audience would listen indulgently — as one does when young people…


CBC Radio Interview

Robyn Burns spoke with Anastasia Castro and Charlotte Brady, two Grade 12 students who are the founders of Kids for a Plastic Free Canada. These two Victoria teenagers are about to pitch their plan for reducing single-use plastics to B.C.'s environment minister. Listen to the interview here