Commended

Is this all that’s left?

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Lilli Moncada  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

In this photo we see a flower growing out of a cup full of plastic This shows that we will soon not have any more land left for nature to grow in. All that will be left is plastic.



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Nature calls for help

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Lilli Moncada  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

This photo reminds us that the earth is in desperate need of help and we have to act fast



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Trapped

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Matilde Ivonne Spagnolo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

A flower trapped in plastic symbolising life suffocated by plastic.



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What you throw in the sea ends up on your plate

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Martina Grima  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Once in the ocean, plastic decomposes very slowly, breaking down into tiny pieces known as micro plastics. Fish eat these micro plastics and consequently we eat the fish, ending up with plastic in our body.



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Beyond expiry date

submitted by Gozo College Middle School : EkoSkola Committee  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): EkoSkola blog, Ekoskola noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

During a clean-up event, students found a chocolate bar wrapper that was 5 years old, which meant it had been thrown some 260 weeks ago. Disturbingly, the wrapper looked no more than a few days old. Packaging wrappers could potentially last hundreds, thousands or even millions of years without decomposing.



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The wonders of reusing

submitted by Mellieha Primary : Isaac Duca  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, school noticeboard, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Throughout the years we have constantly been learning about the 3R’S, Reducing, Rcycling and Reusing. Finally, as an EkoSkola Member at Mellieha Primary School, I came to terms with the true meaning of reusing through a project that we are doing for the school yard. Practically, pallets and used tyres are being used to create benches and stools for the designated reading are in the school yard.



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Single-Use Plastic Bomb Waste

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Sean Farrugia  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Plastic bomb waste. In the photo above, you can see a plastic bag, plastic bottle and plastic straw. All these items are single-use plastic while on the other side you can see a cloth bag, glass cup, metal straw, metal fork and glass bottle. All these are not plastic! Examples of plastic include: plastic forks and knives, plastic bags, plastic coffee cup lids, plastic bottles, Styrofoam and of course, plastic straws. As Mr Borg, Assistant Head of Dingli Primary School said: “We encourage children in our school to use reusable cups and containers for their lunch”. I agree with him because there are some children who use single-use plastic.



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End Single-Use Plastic

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Zoe Sciberras  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook page, noticeboard, other, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Single-use plastics are plastics that are only used once and then thrown away. These usually include cups, plates, cutlery and straws. These single-use items are sold with plastic wrappers in many supermarkets.



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A World of Plastic

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Gregory Bugeja  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school noticeboard, school media, Story Jumper eBook, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Single-use plastics are plastics which are used once and then thrown into landfills, and often ending up in oceans. Single-use plastics include: plastic bags, straws, plastic bottles and product wrapping.



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Entangled

submitted by Gozo College Secondary School : Nervana Buitenhuis  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

The image shows a soft toy representing a turtle entangled in some plastic threads next to the seashore. The image is symbolic and represents the threat to marine life posed by plastic waste in the environment.



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