Commended

Me, Nature and Plastic

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

A girl can be seen lying on the grass in the foreground of an idyllic natural setting. Her gaze is fixed upon some plastic trash trapped on a bush, which definitely looks out of place in the surrounding environment. The girl looks definitely pensive about the issue of trash being discarded in the environment. The angle from which it is taken renders the image even more dramatic.



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Species at Risk

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

The image shows a plastic toy representing a turtle hung on a thread in an idyllic environment. Clayton is raising an awareness about plastic pollution which is proliferating in the valleys, seas and oceans and putting at risk the marine life



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Relief to Coral Reef

submitted by St. Thomas More College Secondary School Zejtun : Alexia Vlachakis  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): assembly, Facebook, notice board, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended, Participation

The article investigates the problem being faced by coral reef due to pollution. It summarises ways we can adopt to decrease our impact on such reefs.



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Change your waste reduce your waste

submitted by St. Thomas More College Secondary School Zejtun : Vanni Caruana  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): assembly, Facebook, notive board, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

The articles report the activities performed in the school during the EWWR. They focused on waste reduction and also on other initiatives to re-use plastic bottles as bird feeders.



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Nurdle Hurdle

submitted by St. Thomas More College Secondary School Zejtun : Katrina Vella  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): assembly, noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Nurdles, the name of the, not so sweet, as it might sound, raw material of the plastic industry. The building blocks for plastic bottles, plastic bags and drinking straws – in fact almost anything made up from plastic. However, nurdles are also covering our beaches. It is estimated that 73% of beach litter is plastic. Ingestion of plastic kills more than 1,000,000 marine creatures each year, while humans end up eating thousands of microplastics through the consumption of seafood. Studies by the European Union and the University of Malta show that only ⅓ of the plastic used in Malta is being recycled. Most of the remaining ⅔ end up in the sea. So, let’s get over the hurdle and do away with the nurdle!



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Why??

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Yan Fenech  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board and Local Council, other, school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Why are people so reckless and irresponsible? Why do people throw litter in the environment they are living in? Why do people harm the environment and the creatures living there?



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Awareness at a Young Age

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Amy Vella  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board and Local Council, other, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Litter is causing long-term harm to the few green spaces we have around our islands and also to the creatures living there. Ultimately it is the fault of those people who litter everywhere they go. Awareness, education and initiatives like clean-ups, can help tackle the problem.



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Disappointed!

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Elisa Caruana  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, School notice board, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

It is so shameful that our countryside is full of litter. It is shameful that around the bins, the ground is full of litter. Why do people throw litter on the floor when there are bins around? Are we doing something to help our environment? Everyone has to do his part for a cleaner and greener planet.



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What A Shame!

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Isaac Micallef  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Notice board and Local Council, other, school media, website
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended

Whilst walking around Buskett Gardens, it’s a pretty common sight to see litter everywhere, from under the trees to the streams. Unfortunately, a lot of people go for a walk or for a picnic and just throw away their waste wherever they happen to be. It’s a real shame! As the Sustainable Development Goal no 15 specifies, we are not taking care of and conserving our natural environment especially since Malta is very limited of it. We have to try and stop people from ruining our environment and protect the animals’ natural habitat. We have to start acting now!



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Working for a Cleaner Nature

submitted by SNC Dingli Primary School : Kirstie Sammut  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Local Council, other, School notice board, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

During our visit to Buskett, it was very sad to see all the litter scattered everywhere, in spite of there being lots of bins around. Nature provides us with clean air and taking care of our enviornment makes it a better place for us all to live in. Even the water in the stream will become polluted and cause the frogs to die. If we do not change this atitude the damage will be irreversible. This entry is linked to SDG 15 (Life on Land).



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