An 11-year-old schoolgirl who began litter picking around Wirral with her dog five years ago has become a regular face on the BBC.
Elizabeth Gadsdon, who goes to Heswall Primary School, started litter picking after she saw someone throwing rubbish out their car window on her way to school with her mum. Elizabeth, only seven at the time, then went up and down her road with a pair of kitchen tongs and a bag to pick up the litter.
Five years on – and Elizabeth’s passion for the planet has taken her from Wirral to the BBC. At the end of 2021 she was chosen to be a BBC Bitesize Regenerator, and has since been included on BBC Countryfile’s review of the year and did an interview on Radio 2 for the Zoe Ball breakfast show last week.
