Articles

Littering our planet

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Liam Briffa  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Finalist

Introduction: “The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.” John Paul II



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Litter is invading Malta

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Ayden Jes Delicata  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Finalist

Introduction: Did you know that Malta ranks second in the EU with the most municipal waste using 694kg per person each year? Litter is nothing but a piece of waste or rubbish that has been disposed of improperly in the wrong location. Littering simply means throwing away objects on the ground instead of disposing them in a garbage can, recycling bin or a trash container.



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Litter around the world

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Miraine Camilleri  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Introduction: Did you know that every year 51 billion pieces of litter is found? In the past years, the amount of recycling not only doubled but almost tripled from 37 million tonnes to 107 million tonnes, (which means that 87 kg per person in 1995 and 239 kg per person in 2019). Although slightly more waste is being generated, the total amount of municipal waste in the EU has more than halved since 1995 from 121 million tonnes to 54 million tonnes in 2019.



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Street Litter

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Elvira Vella  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Introduction: Did you know that less than 10% is recycled and the rest goes to landfill? Street Litter is rubbish that is thrown outside on the streets where it does not belong. Nobody knows exactly how much waste we generate, and we can notice that the effects of the Earth keep on increasing.



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THE INCREASING DILEMMA OF WASTE IN THE MALTESE SOCIETY

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Desiree Spiteri Calleja  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Participation

Introduction: Did you ever throw away that can or tissue on the pavement? Just one tissue could cause horrible damage to nature.



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What if you could trade your trash for cash?

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Adam Vassallo  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Introduction: It’s a shame that in a small country like ours, which is only 316 km², our trash is increasing yearly, and we will soon have nowhere else to dump our junk. According to the Malta National Statistics Office, the 2021 Waste Management Report for 2019 indicated that the total amount of generated waste increased by 2.6% over 2018.



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How litter is harming our country and how we have to reduce it

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Sarah Pulis  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Introduction: Litter is waste. We have to try to reduce litter because it harms our country and the world.



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Litter

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Miguel Mifsud  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Introduction: Why do people litter? Most of the time the reason is quite simple LAZINESS. Our environment can be made much more attractive if people simply use a garbage, a bin or the bulky refuse properly. But some people don’t realise how important it is to keep our environment clean.



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The Danger Litter Brings to Malta

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Anna Omelchenko  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Introduction: Did you know that Malta is the third biggest producer of municipal waste in Europe? When you will read this you will know everything about litter in Malta, what danger it brings and how we can stop it altogether.



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Malta’s streets are not a dump yard

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Hailey Schembri  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended, Finalist

Introduction: Did you know that 17% of our waste that is thrown in the streets stays there forever? This might be very surprising to read especially when there are quite a number of bins and skips around us. The term litter refers to any kind of trash thrown in small amounts, especially in places where it doesn’t belong and by time this piles up. The most common littered items includes fast food packaging, cigarette butts, used drink bottles, chewing gum wrappers, broken electrical equipment parts, toys, broken glass, food scraps or green wastes.



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