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Let’s make a difference

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Joshua Zammit  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

Let us make a difference to protect our environment and keep it clean. Battery bins for small batteries are found in various places. Valuable metals like cobalt, nickel and silver are recovered from batteries. The Local Council provides the Bulky Refuse service which is offered free of charge to the general public. Bring-in Sites on our island consist of four containers: Blue – plastic, White – paper, Brown – glass, Black – metal. Please separate waste at home by using the grey or black bags. At school we separate waste: plastic, paper, batteries and ink-cartridges. The EkoSkola committee in our school help us to be more aware of our environment. It is a pity that although we have lots of information about recycling there are still people who throw their waste in the countryside. Reduce, reuse and recycle. Much energy can be saved by recycling than by manufacturing new items.



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Garbage, rubbish, waste, litter…

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Joseph Zahra  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

Do not put out the garbage bag more than an hour before the truck comes because dogs might tear it. We have three places with recycle bins to sort the material and recycle in our village. We can recycle metal, plastic, paper and glass in separate bags to help to reuse the materials and create jobs. If you throw garbage on pavements people can’t walk on it so they will go on the road and they will get hit by cars. If you throw garbage in the fields trees can’t grow, you will get a fine and pay for it. With rubbish in the fields the countryside will be damaged and no tourist will come to visit our beautiful island. For fridges, sofas, beds and more you can call the local council and they will take it. Waste attracts insects and contaminate the ground water soil and air causing diseases.



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Let’s work with Wasteserv

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Marie Clare Borg  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

I was walking in my village and I saw many different waste in the streets. If people get out the recycle bag very early in the morning, dogs can tear it. I also saw some bags in the middle of street. I was thinking, the bags can cause a car accident. Glass thrown in our villages may hurt our pets and people when they are walking. Damaged pavements cause many injuries, like people fall and get hurt. If we don’t throw waste in streets, we can have a better environment. There is the WasteServ Civic Amenity Site and bring in sites where we can put many different materials for recycling. So let’s make a better living by recycling things in grey bags and other waste in black bags. The WasteServ recycles materials collected in Bring in Sites.



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Illegal waste in fields

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Marlon Pisani  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

The pictures show illegal waste in fields. This type of waste has a negative impact on the environment. Nowadays, Government and Local Councils offer many services to the people to reduce this type of problem. For example, in Xewkija there is a Civic Amenity Site where people can take their bulky refuse. When tourists come to visit our country they will not be happy when they see waste in our countryside. Apart from this, it is a shame for us to ruin our countryside. One good thing is that today people are more aware and this problem is being reduced. Hopefully when we grow up this problem will be solved.



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Who wants a dirty environment?

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Renee Pisani  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

We must keep our environment clean. If you throw away the rubbish on the grass, around trees and streets, this is not healthy. Keeping our environment clean is important for our health and our happiness. Many people can get ill from waste thrown out and pollution is spread around us. People can also die. Throwing our waste away means that animals, insects and small reptiles can also die. Throwing our waste around is very dangerous – our streets become dangerous places where to walk, talk and meet friends. Our beaches will also be dangerous places where to go and build castles on the sand and play with friends. If we do not want that all these things to happen, we must put our rubbish in the right bin. We must and we should waste separate every day, every time we do have waste material.



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Dangerous litter

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Nathan Xuereb  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

If you see any trash in the playground pick it up and throw it in the bins. Everyone should be mindful by picking up after eating. If we leave trash in the playgrounds there will be more rats and germs. If we throw litter it can be dangerous for other kids. If we see pieces of glass on the ground we have to pick it up and throw it in the bins because someone can hit himself. Children can be running bare foot and cut themselves. Pieces of glass on the road can be very dangerous because cars can have a puncture. So glass should be thrown in bring in sites so there will be no accidents.



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Bring in Sites

submitted by GOZO COLLEGE ZEBBUG PRIMARY : Maria Regina Zahra  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

Recycling is important because if we don’t recycle it causes a lot of illness. It causes illness, sickness and a lot more things like that. You can recycle in the bins at bring in sites. The bins are there to recycle things like paper, plastic, metal and glass. In your homes there are bins but they are not recycle bins. You don’t have to buy those big recycling bins. You just put one for paper, one for plastic, one for metal and other one for glass. Recycle no matter what happens.



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Ugly Things in a Beautiful Walk…Żurrieq

submitted by San Anton Scouts : San Anton 
dissemination(s): website
filed under Photos

During Easter Camp this year, we went for a walk to Wied Bassasa organised by Majjistral Parks. Ms. Annalise Falzon was our guide. During the walk, we took photographs of different things, most of them nbeautiful:  like flowers and insects and beautiful views including Filfla and the surrounding fields. However, there were some ugly things too like the pile of stones in the picture. We didn’t like these because they make the area look ugly. Apart from being ugly, they will remain there for a very long time. We think that the people who put them there should have taken them back to where they got them originally or given them to someone else who needed stones like these for building. The whole area where there are the stones is now damaged and in fact there are no flowers growing there. Any visitors (even tourists) who visit the area, will think what a dirty place this is instead of enjoying the countryside and the amazing view of the sea and Filfla. We wish that people will stop littering our countryside.



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Photo 11-14 yrs 1st place National Winner: Dump vs. Nature

submitted by The Archbishop's Seminary : Jonathan Joseph Barbara  for 11-14
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos

I took this photo when I went for a walk with my family in the countryside in Baħrija. I still can’t believe my eyes that after so many talks about taking care of the environment, there are still people who don’t care and dump their rubbish anywhere they want. We are lucky that in Malta we have five different civic amenity sites which open every day and are free of charge for the public to make use of. Even Local Councils offer free services to come to our house and pick up bulky waste. Unfortunately sometimes people seem not to be bothered to use this service. We definitely need to increase the awareness and help people understand the real impacts of such actions. At the end of the day it does not only boil down to eyesores but direct impacts on our surroundings – which basically shape our lives.



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Photo 11-14 yrs 2nd place National Winner: Waste Not, Want Not

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School Hamrun : Yasmin Joy Attard  for 11-14
dissemination(s): Ekoskola notice board during 2nd term and Parents' Days., other
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This is freshwater running down a hill in Siggiewi after a heavy rain pour. All this water is being lost as there is no way for it to be collected for further use, especially in the fields. Imagine that every area has its own reservoir, supplied by rainwater. One would gladly turn to this water than use groundwater, which now comes at a cost, to irrigate the fields or to use domestically. Hence, building channels for water that lead to a reservoir would help twofold: first it reduces the amount of groundwater pumped up and then reduce the cost of water.



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