Past Entries

Save Animals by Saying No

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Liam Reick Zahra  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, Finalist

Have you seen this amount of plastic overflowing in a skip? Did you know that to produce 14 plastic bags it takes the equivalent amount of the fuel required to drive one mile? This picture was taken in Mrieħel next to some shops. Action could have been taken by reducing packaging and saying “no” to single-use plastic. As a student at Dingli Primary School, I am aware that lots of action is being taken by the school to reduce plastic waste.



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Plastic – Friend or Foe ?

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Jayden Chircop  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Single-use plastic is in the spotlight, as more and more people opt to reduce them. Places around the world like the U.K., Taiwan, Seattle, San Francisco, Montreal and Vancouver, are joining the plastic free movement. I believe that Malta should take part in this campaign. This means reducing straws, cotton swabs and/or plastic bags. When I asked Ms. Anne Camilleri the Assistant Principal who is also part of the EkoSkola Committee, she told me: “The school is encouraging students to get a re-usable cup for their milk instead of using straws. The school shall guide students to introduce these good habits in their home”.



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Make Your Choice

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Michele Tonna  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Do you still buy plastic bottles that are made of single-use plastic? Single-use plastic is plastic that we use once and then throw away. It is also really bad for the environment because if we throw it on the beach, sea animals might think its food. If someone offers you two bottles, one made of single-use plastic and the other is reusable plastic, take the reusable one because if you take the single use you will drink the water and then throw away the bottle.



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End Single-Use Plastic

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Zoe Sciberras  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook page, noticeboard, other, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Single-use plastics are plastics that are only used once and then thrown away. These usually include cups, plates, cutlery and straws. These single-use items are sold with plastic wrappers in many supermarkets.



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A World of Plastic

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Gregory Bugeja  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Single-use plastics are plastics which are used once and then thrown into landfills, and often ending up in oceans. Single-use plastics include: plastic bags, straws, plastic bottles and product wrapping.



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Framing the Problem

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Kirsty Mercieca  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Finalist

The title is self-explanatory as it all alludes to plastic proliferation in the environment/marine life and the global outcry demanding immediate action necessary to contain such a threat to our ecosystem.



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If You sow Plastic you don’t get Fruits

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Coral King  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Finalist

At first glance, the viewer is deceived by the beauty of the colourful fruits that might indicate an apparent fertile and prosperous land. In actual fact, the fruits are toys made of plastic and the image gives a false impression that the world is fine withstanding the amount of pollution and plastic jeopardising its ecosystem.



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Plastic will never bear Fruits.

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Leeona Gauci  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Finalist

Emblematic pieces of colourful plastic are seen in the foreground. The image is reminiscent of happy scenes from kids’ programmes on TV like Teletubbies. It does in fact disguise an imminent danger; the threat posed by excessive plastic waste in the environment. The angle shot by Leeona renders the image in a dramatic way.



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Entangled

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Nervana Buitenhuis  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

The image shows a soft toy representing a turtle entangled in some plastic threads next to the seashore. The image is symbolic and represents the threat to marine life posed by plastic waste in the environment.



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Me, Nature and Plastic

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Jacot Nala  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

A girl can be seen lying on the grass in the foreground of an idyllic natural setting. Her gaze is fixed upon some plastic trash trapped on a bush, which definitely looks out of place in the surrounding environment. The girl looks definitely pensive about the issue of trash being discarded in the environment. The angle from which it is taken renders the image even more dramatic.



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