Six-year-old's plea to New Zealand: get rid of plasticShannon Lockwood/ Facebook "Let me tell you about plastic," 6-year-old Carter declares earnestly from the back seat of his mum's car. Tousle-haired Carter Lockwood might look cute, but when he starts wagging his finger, he means business. "Let me tell you about plastic," the 6-year-old from Porirua, north of Wellington, declares earnestly from the back seat of his mum's car. "Get rid of plastic and stop chopping down trees. READ MORE:* Students press Government for plastic bag ban* Ban the bag: used to 12 minutes, a plastic bag takes 1000 years to break down* Very hungry caterpillar could rid world of plastic bagsIn a Facebook video shared by mum Shannon Lockwood, she asks him what we should do about it.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2017 02:32 UTC