02/02/2018 Newsround

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The girls grilling the supermarkets

about plastic packaging.

The guys taking advantage

of flooding in Paris.

And the kangaroo and the pillowcase.

Some big supermarkets in the UK

are promising to do more to help cut

the amount of plastic we use

and throw away, but they haven't

met these two yet!

They're determined to make sure food

stores change their ways.

Hi, I'm Amy.

And I'm Ella.

And we're here today

on a bit of a mission.

Every year, UK supermarkets use

a million tonnes of plastic.

And all that plastic

is seriously harming our planet.

We want them to make a change.

Iceland is one of the

big UK supermarkets.

They say they want to cut the amount

of plastic that they use.

So we've come to grill one

of their bosses to see

if they are doing enough.

We know that wasting

plastic is really bad,

so why do you use so much of it

in your shops?

Because that's what we've been used

to for the last 30 years,

we've been using plastics

all the time.

It's not right, now, but it's just

something that we used,

moving away from traditional

materials like paper and board.

See, the reason we are so passionate

about this is because plastic,

when it's thrown away,

is really harmful to the planet.

It doesn't rot like paper or food.

So we end up with

mountains of the stuff.

Animals get trapped in it,

it is eaten by fish in our seas.

And if it's the sort of plastic

that can be recycled,

it means making more and more of it.

Supermarkets are making some

changes, though, like trying to make

more packaging recyclable.

Iceland say that in five years,

all of its own products

will be plastic free.

Five years is quite a long time.

Now, by that point we'll be around

17 and 19 years old.

So why aren't you doing it now?

Why is it taking this long?

Because the materials

are just not available.

We'd love to do it now.

So if we go in and say "Right,

we're changing direction and we're

going to another material"

and that's more expensive,

we don't think the consumer

is going to pay for that.

If it's only your products that

are going to become plastic free,

what about everything else?

Are your shops still going to be

completely full of plastic?

We're trying to get

rid of all plastic.

We're going to push the other brands

that you see around the store,

we're going to push everybody

to do it.

Plastic has been a problem

for years, so why is the change only

starting to happen now?

Blue Planet came along,

we all watched it and we were

shattered, weren't we?

We're killing sea turtles,

we're killing seals.

Yes, we're on it.

We are already looking at things,

we are already changing things,

but when Blue Planet came on,

I think everyone was aware than that

we've got a problem.

Thank you very much.

Well, it was great to hear

what Ian had to say,

and to hear about all the changes

that Iceland are making.

It just seems to lack that sense

of important urgency.

Yeah, Ian said some good

stuff but I just can't

imagine a place like this

being completely plastic free.

So there's still a lot of steps

that Iceland and other

supermarkets need to take.

I just wish it could happen sooner.

Some great questions, girls.

If you want to find out more

about plastic and why it can

be bad for the planet,

we've got a full guide online.

Earlier in the week we told

you about France's heaviest

rainfall in 50 years,

which flooded parts of Paris

with some places still underwater.

But while the floods have been a bit

of a nightmare for some -

these wakeboarders took the chance

to practice just outside

their house in the capital.

The River Seine has risen

about six metres above normal

for this time of year.

Now some more freaky weather...

Snow on palm trees!

These pics are from the North

African country of Morocco.

It's the first time they've

seen snow in the south

of the country in 50 years.

This little kangaroo

is taking his very first hops.

Bradley has been taking

the internet by storm.

The cute little guy is an orphan,

so he's being looked

after at the Kangaroo Sanctuary

in Alice Springs, Australia.

When he gets tired he jumps

into a pillowcase that's standing

in for his mum's pouch.

Awwww...

I want one!

Just enough time to tell you to head

online, where our big question this

week is all about Lego

and who invented it.

Plus this weekend sees one

of the biggest sporting

events in the world!

So we've got a guide

to just what Superbowl is -

with two of the biggest stars

of the game.

Thanks for watching.

We've got loads more great

stories here on Newsround

in around half an hour.

See you then.