Commended

Sorting your litter!

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Mariah Zarb  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended, Participation

Through this video Mariah increased awareness on responsible waste disposal and gave a demonstration how to sort properly litter. Litterless Winning Video



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Marine Litter

submitted by St Aloysius Primary School : Jake Said  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This is an article by Jake Said, a Red Warrior member, about marine litter and what our school did in order to try to reduce litter that ends up at sea. Our project is called Washed Ashore.



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Recycled Cushions

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Charlene Cacciattolo  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended

Making cushions from old shirts to decorate your room.



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Making a flower pot out of a plastic bottle

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Commended

How you can turn a simple plastic bottle into a lovely flower pot for your garden.



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Trash Trash Trash

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Kazeiah Micallef  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

What a bad habit to dispose your trash in public areas and making them unsightly!!!



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Just a couple of metres away!

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

The trash can is only a couple of metres away but still someone didn’t bother to dispose of his/her trash properly. Why? Is it laziness or plain apathy? Some people still don’t care enough for the people and the environment around.



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Scavenger Trash Hunt

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Jethro Azzopardi Duca  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Seems like a fun game looking for cigarette butts and microplastics and other trash in the sand but when you look at the amount of trash gathered then it’s not fun anymore. This was taken during a beach clean up. The number of cigarette butts collected was enormous.



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Goodbye Mayo!

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

A turtle called Mayo is released back to the sea after months of rehabilitation. Everyone who had the opportunity to attend was so happy. But this would not have been needed if it wasn’t for human egoism. Mayo had ingested a fishing hook and was injured as well. Once again, we have human egoism leaving a bad impact on the environment. It’s a pity these beautiful creatures must suffer because of this.



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More Development – Destruction of more trees?

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Kezayah Zahra  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Unfortunately, trees and open areas are constantly being sacrificed for the so-called progress and development. The article talks about a over-developed area were the only remaining trees are in danger of being removed too.



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Street Litter

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Miraine and Hale  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Street litter includes all the waste materials that are thrown away irresponsibly, especially those thrown away in the streets. The smallest things, from cigarette butts up to the largest ones like bulky waste materials, form part of such litter. Litter in the streets is continuously increasing due to irresponsible people. This problem is not only found in Malta, but all over the world. In fact, according to a British website called Kingdom 60% of the people in Britain drop litter and only 28% of them admit it.



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