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Death at sea

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Claude Buttiegieg  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

This image presented by Claude Buttigieg (Yr 10 AE), titled “Death at Sea”, is a reportage photo that documents a dead tuna next to the seashore. It is meant to bring to our awareness issues like sea contamination due to microplastic, damage to the sea ecosystem and irresponsible fishing.



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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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Our number one problem: street litter

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

Introduction: What makes us notice when a place is littered or clean? When we are abroad why do we often compare between badly kept cities and well-kept cities? Did you know that 694kg of litter per person is thrown away in Malta each year? Litter is waste or rubbish that has been disposed wrongly without permission and at the wrong place. The word littering means throwing and leaving objects lying on the ground instead of disposing them in the appropriate bins. According to a study by the Dutch organisation VRUM, 80% of people claim that “everybody leaves a piece of paper, tin or something, on the streets behind.”



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Beeswax Wraps instead of Plastic

submitted by De La Salle College Junior School : Nathan Grech  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

The De La Salle EkoSkola Junior school committee members in collaboration with BeezNeez and Litterless campaign Malta have been working hard to reduce plastic as this harms the environment. We came across this innovative product of beeswax wraps which are reusable and a sustainable alternative to plastic. Beeswax wraps’ main purpose is for food preservation.  



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Where’s the organic bag?

submitted by ALP Paola : Alec Grima Baldacchino  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

This litter can be reused, throw it in the organic bag!



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Have you tried making your own compost?

submitted by ALP Paola : Massimo Micellef  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Don’t waste leftover food litter, always create something new out of it. You can create your own compost easily.



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