11-14

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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Less Litter, Live Better!

submitted by Immaculate Conception School, Tarxien St. Jeanne Antide College : Ena Marie Mifsud (Eco-committee President)  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Reporting video Video Clips
awarded: Finalist

The video was created by the Eco-committee at St Jeanne Antide College, Immaculate Conception School Tarxien. The main objective of this video is to create awareness and to provide various simple, practical and effective daily practices through which one can lead an eco-friendly lifestyle reducing waste and litter.



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Are you saving water whilst hand washing?

submitted by Cospicua Girls' Learning Support Centre : Jasmine Geriwa, Yasmin Micallef  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): Facebook, Newsbreak, other, school media, website, You tube
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Finalist

This video was created to help create awareness about conservation of water during hand washing. https://newsbreak.edu.mt/2021/01/18/learning-together-at-cospicua-girls-learning-centre/ https://www.facebook.com/334838193813052/posts/760595444570656/ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=229718538555992 https://www.facebook.com/334838193813052/posts/777649656198568/



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Don’t litter

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Liam Karl Skalin Caruana  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Throw the trash in the dump. The sea and the land aren’t the dumps.



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Keep the coast clean!

submitted by Immaculate Conception School, Tarxien St. Jeanne Antide College : Ena Marie Mifsud  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

Keep the coast clean!



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Let’s do our part to keep the Earth clean

submitted by Naxxar Primary : Miguel Camilleri  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, School Foyer, school media, website
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Participation

https://fb.watch/5ai6jXLryB/



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Problems caused by litter

submitted by Naxxar Primary : Luca Farrugia  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, School Foyer, school media, website
filed under Campaigning video Video Clips
awarded: Participation

https://fb.watch/5aeFoyyRvQ/



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My Mask – I Care

submitted by St Nicholas College Secondary School Ħad-Dingli : Lisa Aquilina  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Reporting video Video Clips
awarded: Finalist

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting rid of the masks any time soon. The use of disposable masks has escalated since the appearance of Covid 19. Most of the 8 billion global population are wearing masks. Thinking about the problems created by the dumping of these disposable masks can be saddening to say the least. But there is an alternative. The least we can do is to wear safe, reusable masks and at the same time we would be taking care of the environment! Less trash means a safer environment for us all! Make the swap and save the planet!



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Freezing the Environment

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

The image shows a couple of abandoned freezers in the countryside. It is a pity considering that the Authorities provide the appropriate services and spaces that facilitate the disposal of such waste.



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