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Sophia Skarparis
Sophia Skarparis is a 15-year-old student who is passionate about the conservation of the Earth. In 2018, she started a petition to ban plastic bags in New South Wales. She collected over 12,000 hand-written signatures.

The Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College student started a petition in February as part of a school project to ban plastic bags in NSW. After discovering NSW uses three billion plastic bags each year, the project became personal. "Plastic bags need to be banned now. It can't wait," she said. "I want future generations to not be impacted by the decisions we make now."

The petition was debated in NSW parliament on Thursday the 25th of October, 2018 after it was tabled by Sophia's local member Premier Gladys Berejiklian in September.