Past Entries

The MisAdventures of A Plastic Bag

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Maya Bugeja; Danil Spiteri  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended, Honorable Mention

This video aims to raise awareness on the misuse of plastic. Plastic has become such a common thing we use everyday. We take it for granted. But we seem to forget that this excessive use of plastic is causing a lot of harm in our environment, especially in the sea.    



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Fatal Attraction

submitted by DINGLI PRIMARY : MAYA BUGEJA  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Recently, I went to Ghar Lapsi with my family and there we saw lots of jellyfish in the sea, trapped in plastic. This photo reminds me of sea turtles. The turtle’s favourite food is jellyfish, so where there are lots of jellyfish, turtles might be close by. Turtles mistake plastic for jellyfish and often, they will eat the plastic which gets stuck in their stomach and sadly, they usually die. Remember to clean up after yourself!



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Le għall-boroż tal-PLASTIK

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate : Team Work  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, website, youtube
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, Finalist

This is a short video clip to raise awareness on the harmful effects of plastic bags. This clip was created by a group of students and their teachers who form part of the Litterless group at Our Lady Immaculate School in Hamrun. The message is simple unless we do something today we will be harming future generations. We have to stop using plastic bags and instead we must start to use reusable bags.



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SUP- Stop Using Plastic Bags

submitted by St. Thomas More College Secondary School Zejtun : Aidan Jo Desira, Christine Desira, Daniel Attard, Jodie Sultana, Katrina Abela, Kelly Bor, Leanne Cassar, Nick Muscat, Sera Bonanno, Vanni Caruana, Zoe Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): assembly, blogs, Facebook, Instagram, notice board, other, school magazine, school media, streets, tv, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, Finalist

This article is about a campaign held by a group of students from St. Thomas Moore Secondary School Zejtun about the use of single-use plastic bags. It describes the process done during the campaign but also discusses the results obtained from two surveys conducted. The camapign proved to be very successful as the students managed to adopt seven injured turtles as well.



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Litter is destroying our Maltese cultural heritage!!!

submitted by Mellieha Primary : Miguel Micallef  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended, YREstayshome

The photo is trying to capture the amount of waste that is being disposed in our countryside. What was more worse was the fact that it was disposed in a Maltese Girna, hence destroying our Maltese Cultural Heritage!!!



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Littered and Wasted

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

I saw this lying around and it really made us angry. Someone decided to leave his half finished meal lying around … so they not only littered but also wasted food for nothing. It really is a shame that at this day and age people still leave waste lying around. I mean what does it take to just put everything back in the bag and throw it in a bin?



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LITTERally no butts about it

submitted by SIC Luqa Primary : Cicely Scerri  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended

This is Luqa Primary’s project for the litterless campaign. It involved active collaboration between our Year 6 classes, the EkoSkola Team the Pupil’s Council, the local Parish and the Luqa Local Council. The objective is to reduce the litter caused by the incorrect disposal of cigarette butts. Throughout this year the children learnt more about the dangers that cigarette butts pose not only to the environment but also to our body. During a clean up activity, we scouted the areas surrounding our school to identify specific places where there was a considerable amount of cigarette butts and we used the allocated funds to buy a number of outdoor ashtrays that will be installed in these designated areas. This will reduce the amount of cigarette butts in the soil and on the pavements. The objective of the video is to raise awareness about this issue with the public .  



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A New Skyline

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

The construction industry keeps growing and tower cranes keep invading our skyline.



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Plastic ruins everything

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended, Finalist

Plastic litter can be found everywhere. It ruins everything … even a beautiful view.



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They think it’s hidden

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Unfortunately people still throw waste in the countryside, thinking that since it might be an isolated area, waste is hidden and will not be noticed.



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