Listen to Maelyn, a Grade 10 student at Nepean High School who is taking action to #BeatPlasticPollution. She is showing how small actions can have a big impact to clean up plastics, change our minds, and change the world.

Fifteen-year-old Nepean High School student Maelyn Kaya is encouraging local businesses to forego plastic straws with her No Straw Ottawa campaign.

Maelyn Kaya, 15, is the founder and sole member of No Straw Ottawa, an initiative aimed at helping local business reduce waste by forgoing and adopting alternatives to plastic straws.