Seven-year-old presents petition to Scottish Parliament

WhenCallum Isted saw plastic water bottles being thrown away at his school, he raised money to buy all the students reusable bottles. And he didn’t stop there. Last week, he became the youngest person to bring a petition before Scotland’s Parliament.

Callumn Isted is a 7-year-old who goes to Dedridge Primary School in Livingston, Scotland. When he sees a problem, he doesn’t just ignore it – he tackles it.

Callum noticed lots of single-use plastic water bottles being thrown away at his school. So he came up with a plan. He raised money by walking from one Scottish coast to the other along the ohn Muir Way. That’s 134 miles (216 km) long. By the time he had nished, he had raised 1,850 ( 1,400).

That was more than enough to buy a reusable water bottle for all of the 185 students at his school.

Callum then started a petition asking the Scottish government to supply all primary school students with a reusable metal water bottle. He also wants the government to x broken taps in schools to make it easier to re ll water bottles. Callum went before the ministers in Scotland’s Parliament that handles petitions and explained his concerns and why he thought it was important to stop using single-use plastic bottles, “because animals could get injured or die.”

He also pointed out that, “Humans could get ill if they eat sh that has eaten plastic.

It’s called microplastics.”