Past Entries

Where does it go?

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

Nature reclaiming what people had tried to claim before.



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Slide the Marbles Game from recycled material

submitted by lija Balzan Iklin : Laura Mallia Gauci  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Honorable Mention, YREstayshome

Yesterday I created a game using recycled things. Maybe it’s a good idea for children to do it at home. I used lollipop sticks, a piece of wood that my dad was going to throw away and cups. I painted the wood and the sticks. You must have some marbles to slide them down on the stick and then you count the points to see who is the winner. Laura Mallia Gauci



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Litter less in Mellieha

submitted by Mellieha Primary : Connor Zerafa  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school noticeboard, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This year, Mellieħa’s EkoSkola members chose the slogan ‘Litter less in Mellieħa’ as part of their litterless campaign and yremalta project. After doing an environmental review at school to check if waste is being separated in each and every room, it was time to check the litter situation around the school’s outskirts.



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Plastic Litter, Sea Water Temperature and pH: What is the link?

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, GLOBE website, Gozo news website, newspaper, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 2nd place Litter less Campaign, Finalist

Marine litter originates from many sources and causes a wide range of environmental, economic, safety, health and cultural impacts. For example, marine litter can cause harm to sea life if ingested or even death if a marine mammal becomes entangled in litter (PEW, 2018). But there other consequences as a result of all this litter ending up in the oceans and seas. Does plastic affect sea water conditions? This study investigated the effects of marine litter, especially plastic, on sea water. Following an outdoor classroom activity held at Ħondoq Bay (Figure 1), a small sandy beach in the South East of Gozo, the students decided to investigate the effects of plastic litter on sea water temperature and sea water pH levels.



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Cloth bags to reduce single plastic use

submitted by Lija Balzan Iklin Primary : Maya Caruana  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Participation

At our school we are constantly trying to promote the 3 Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recyle. This scholastic year we are working towards eliminating single use plastic within our school community. For this purpose we have held a poster/logo competition where the children of the school used their creativity to design posters to create this awareness. Then 5 of these posters/logos were chosen and were printed on cloth bags. The cloth bags with the children’s original designs were going to be sold during parents day and merit week (which are not postponed) These cloth bags will be sold to parents/guardians/educators/children to promote reusing.



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Cigarette butts are litter too

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : Saviour Vella  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Finalist

Littered cigarette butts account for one in every 3 items collected during a beach clean-up at Ħondoq Bay in Gozo, making it the largest form of litter. Become environmentally conscious, no one wants to see your dirty butts!!



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Lethal litter

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Finalist

Excessive use of plastic and incorrect disposal of waste is ending up on our shores posing a threat to marine life. Sea animals and birds can get entangled and eventually die.



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It’s just a straw!

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Finalist

One of the most common uses of plastic in our world today is disposable straws. Although plastic straws can be recycled, their small size makes them easily missed in the recycling process. If the disposable straw is not recycled properly, it can find its way back into our environment where it poses many threats. There is a simple switch we can all make, reusable straws. Reusable straws can help reduce the amount of plastic we leave behind, making our world a better place.



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Beyond expiry date

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

During a clean-up event, students found a chocolate bar wrapper that was 5 years old, which meant it had been thrown some 260 weeks ago. Disturbingly, the wrapper looked no more than a few days old. Packaging wrappers could potentially last hundreds, thousands or even millions of years without decomposing.



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Litterally no butts abouts it

submitted by SIC Luqa Primary : Amber Rose Chinonye Abanifi  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Reporting photo
awarded: Participation

LITTERally no BUTTS about it Last Thursday, together with some members from the EkoSkola committee and the Pupil’s Council committee, we carried out a cigarette butt clean up in the vicinities of our school in Luqa. We also identified places where there was a considerable amount of cigarette butts since we are planning to install ashtrays in these target areas to reduce the amount of litter in our locality. We picked up so many cigarette butts that the bag started to stink. We found a considerable amount of cigarette butts in front of the church and close to the war memorial in St Andrew’s Street. People need to stop smoking as they are harming the environment. Smoking also damages their health. Some people get lung cancer or suffer from Emphysema which is one of the diseases you can get. If you have someone at home who smokes try to encourage



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