Past Entries

What are the repercussions of Plastic?

submitted by St.Dorothy's Senior School : Alexia Cardona, Kristina Farrugia, Soraya Bartolo  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, School Notice board and during science lessons made by students., school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

What are the repercussions of plastic on our land and sea?



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Emma’s Nightmare

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Aylish, Britney Magro, Cesca, Cheryl, Elisa, Emma, Kaya, Kelsey Barons, Kyra, Nicole, Pheobe  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, website, YouTube and Facebook promotion
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, WasteServ Award

This is our school’s video (Our Lady Immaculate School Hamrun) to raise awareness on plastic pollution. This video forms part of our Litterless Campaign. The video is part of a large campaign that our students embarked to educate students and the wider community on the importance of reducing plastic use. The idea of this video is to show that now the problem is real and that we cannot just talk about the problem but we must act.  



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Be Drastic Cut Plastic

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EcoSchools Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 3rd place Litter less campaign, Finalist, WasteServ Award

Plastics are inexpensive and long-lasting, and as a result levels of plastic production by humans are high. However, the chemical structure of most plastics makes them resistant to many natural processes of degradation meaning they take long to degrade, if ever. Together, these two factors have led to an excessive amount of plastic pollution in the environment. All of this stirred in the students an urge to bring single use plastic to a halt. In an effort to reduce the adverse effects of plastic in the natural environment the students came up with their Be Drastic Cut Plastic Campaign. Through their campaign they are now encouraging people to reduce their use of plastic bags – by giving out mesh bags.



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Raising awareness about waste in the environment

submitted by G. F. Abela Junior College Msida : Aaron Goodwin  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This article aims to raise awareness about waste in the environment. The article focuses on the three main areas of the environment, these being: at ground level, the Earth’s bodies of water and the air. There is also reference to a questionnaire that was done to test local awareness about environmental issues.



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Do it Right 4 Life

submitted by St.Thomas More College- Tarxien Middle School : Ainsley Azzopardi, Amy Jones, Chloe Attard Brooks, Darziel Caruana, Edith Gafa, Elia Bonaccorso, Federika Bugeja, Juan Orsini, Klinsmann Bonello, Mateo Cini, Mireille Bonnici, Nicole Zammit, Raisa Pace, Zvenson Borg  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, Presentation of video to students in class and special assembly, school media, website
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Participation

Ekoskola team worked together and produced this video clip to raise awareness about the importance of correct waste separation and the minimization of plastic waste.    



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Organic waste collection from restaurants in Malta.

submitted by G. F. Abela Junior College Msida : Jordan Magri  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

The article investigates how organic waste collection from restaurants in Malta is being carried out even though there is yet no legislation. Other waste reduction matters regarding restaurant waste was also examined. In general there seems to be awareness about waste issues in Malta, as businesses are cooperating.



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Planting seeds in recycled cups

submitted by G. F. Abela Junior College Msida : Abigail Attard  for 19-25
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Insta / FB, other, school magazine, school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Over the past few months, I have been helping a group of people with special needs by doing activities, every Friday evening. Our meeting place is provided by the parish chaplain. Amongst the many activities, I have decided to grow local oak trees, by re-using ice-cream cups, therefore teaching the people with special needs, the importance of trees, and how to re-use our waste food containers, rather than throwing them for recycling.



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Minions Go Green

submitted by St.Thomas More College- Tarxien Middle School : Nicole Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, other, Presentation of work to other students., school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

At Tarxien Middle School the Minions went green thanks to Ms.Carmen Bonnici LSE supported by students. Old car tyres were reused as a decorative planter in our school and this embellished greatly our school environment. I suggest that other schools or other organisations follow suit even by using other recyclable materials.



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A Tempest in a Teapot

submitted by St.Thomas More College- Tarxien Middle School : Nicole Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, other, Presentation of work to other students., school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Sometimes we over worry over small matters but our concerns re-the environment should never be underestimated. Considering the increasing number of motor vehicles in Malta, reusing old tyres as decorative planters is certainly an excellent idea which can be easily used in public playgrounds or as innovative street furniture.



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Sustainable Tourism: is it possible?

submitted by IES Aguas Vivas MCAST Malta : Carlo Musco, Miguel Rojo Torres, Ruben Del Rio Valtueña  for 19-25
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, Social Media
filed under Best entry international collaboration Reporting video Video Clips
awarded: 1st place international, Best Entry International Collaboration

Does tourism affect the rate of waste generation? Through this creative collaboration between Malta and Spain, we explored how both countries fight waste issues in order to strive for a sustainable future.



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