Past Entries

How to make a Pencil Holder

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Zack Spiteri  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Series Of Photos
awarded: Commended

How to recycle two bottles into a pencil holder. All you need are two bottles, a zipper, a glue gun and a lot of patience and creativity.



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The Plastic Turtle

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Augustine Saadallah, Dejan Tabone, Kyle Manicolo, Luca Abdilla Parnis, Luca Piccione  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Participation

Fish, seabirds, and marine animals are injured or killed by plastic trash in the ocean. At least 267 species have been affected by marine plastic pollution globally, including 86% of the sea turtle, 44% of the seabird, and 43% of the marine mammal species.



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A Plastic World

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Emma Scerri, Roxanne Grech, Shayanne Mifsud  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Participation

Could we survive without plastic? Is a world without plastic waste possible? Plastic is such a useful material that we won’t be able to live a world without it. Nonetheless, we may strive towards a world free of pollution and plastic trash. We can do it if all work hand in hand together.



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Knock Knock!! Who’s there?

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Ryan Guillaumier  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Participation

Trash. Trash who? Trash who someone else left behind. No one likes to find other people’s trash at his door, so it’s not fair to leave your trash lying around in front of other people’s houses.



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The Dump

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Raisa Mifsud  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Participation

Whether it is called a Sanitary Landfill or a Landfill Site or any other fancy name … a garbage dump is always a garbage dump, and it is simply a place used by everyone in the community to get rid of unwanted trash. It is always unsightly. Waste is disposed of in a manner that does not protect the environment, is subject to open burning, and is exposed to the elements, and scavengers.



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The Construction Curse

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Raisa Mifsud  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

The Construction industry causes one third of the world’s waste. From stones to paint, to rubble, concrete, bricks, ceramics, soil and sand, this waste is increasing ever more.



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Let’s Clean the Ocean

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Amy Curmi, Emily Galea, Mattea Mintoff, Raisa Mifsud  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Plastic harms the oceans in so many ways. It Kills Ocean Life as well as wildlife. It Produces Chemical Pollution and creates Microplastics. We have to stop polluting our seas.



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Feed me Plastic!

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Amy Curmi, Emily Galea, Mattea Mintoff, Raisa Mifsud  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Saying “no” to plastic reduces the amount of plastic garbage dumped into the ocean, lowers the chance that marine animals may consume plastic debris and promotes the use of environmentally friendly materials.



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Stop the excessive use of PLASTIC

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Aidan Gusman, Kieran Camilleri, Nedved Bonello  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Plastic pollution has the potential to modify ecosystems’ capacity to adapt to climate change, altering habitats, natural processes, and social and economic well-being for millions of people.



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Say NO to Plastic

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Aiden Gusman, Kieran Camilleri, Nedved Bonello  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Plastic has negative effects on your health, is extremely slow to decompose in the natural environment, and is environmentally destructive to produce and dispose of. Several of these plastics also end up in the food chains of numerous animals, some of which we eventually eat.



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