1st place Litter less Campaign

Waves of Plastic Waste

submitted by individual : Elisa Demanuele  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Local Council noticeboard, newspaper, other, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

Careless litterers are causing damage on marine life. The message is clear: we do not live separated from the environment. What goes around comes around



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People are blind to see!

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Thea Frendo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, 2nd place international

Use the bins please!



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Bring Your Own

submitted by ALP Paola : Brandon Debono, Brandon Spiteri, Gilmour Borg, Hayden Bonello, Johan Bongailas, Nicholai Battistino, Salvatore Mazza, Samira Buhagiar  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, Presentations in Schools and Day Centres in the community of Paola, school media, website
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: 1st place international, 1st place Litter less Campaign

Plastic is ruining our world but we can do something about it. The Bring your own campaign aims to reduce single use plastic with three simple solutions. Video created by ALP plus Multimedia students 2018-2019.  



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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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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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REFLECTING MY ESPENSE!

submitted by Dun Manwel Attard Young Adult Education Resource Centre Maria Regina College : Jean Mizzi  for 19-25
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook and Noticeboard, other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

This receipt is showing the increase in the expenses we are paying due to the huge amount of waste that is produced in our environment. Therefore the use of natural resources in our everyday life must be accompanied by serious efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle these materials. Only that way can we lessen the burden of ourselves, our development on nature and our environment.



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Home Sweet Home

submitted by Maria Regina College Dun Manwel Attard Young Adult Education Resource Centre : Shaun Grech  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook, noticeboard, other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: 1st place international, 1st place Litter less Campaign

This snail’s natural habitat is supposed to be surrounded by plants and other animals and not waste. The overuse of plastics and their careless disposal into our environment is leading to it having extensively infiltrated our food chain and natural spaces. Moreover, animals such as this snail are ending up in the wrong place such as in this case, the plastic bottle, and are eventually left to die.



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The Trash Around Us

submitted by Birgu Malta St Edward's College : Samuel Borg Barthet  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, Social Media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, Honorable Mention

Student investigate why do people dispose of their rubbish in an improper way.He also interviews Ms. Ghislaine Calleja from Get Trashed Malta after a Clean Up he took part in to promote the Litter Less Campaign in the Community.



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‘Litter Less’ in Maria Regina College Secondary School. Using waste creatively to make a student friendly garden

submitted by Maria Regina College Mosta : Ilona Sciberras; Nicole Fenech  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Mosta local council noticeboard adn Ekoskola facebook page, other, school noticeboard, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, WasteServ Award

The EkoSkola group of Maria Regina College Mosta regenerated the out-of-bounds school garden which is now being opened regularly during breaks, lessons and various activities. The garden was given a facelift, new hedges planted and lots of seating areas, decorations, bird feeding stations, cat shelters etc were created using recycled material. The scope was that of making the garden more welcoming, but also to create awareness about the importance of Reusing waste since there is a huge problem of litter generation and disposal in the Maltese Islands.



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Litter is Money – Invest Wisely

submitted by St Monica School B'Kara : Alexia Micallef, Emily Borg, Emma Cilia Debono, Kacey Wadge, Laura Rossitto, Mariah Deguara, Nicole Pisani, Valentina Vella  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, youtube
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

This video is mainly promoting the fact that when people are more cautious and depose litter appropriately they are actually and indirectly using their money wisely. The problem of litter is truly a Maltese plague and people must realise that they are literally throwing away their money collected through taxes. In order to help the all students residing in Malta become more aware of this unbearable situation, we as form 4 Media Studies students at St Monica School B’Kara came up with this idea that once people realise that it’s all boils down to money unfortunately then they might do something about it.



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