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Plants or Plastic?
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by Gzira St. Monica School : Amy Carole Spiteri Staines, Nicole Spiteri Staines for
11-14
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): Exhibition + Special Assembly, newspaper, other, school media
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campaigning-photo Photos
awarded: Commended
If we can mistake plastic for plants, what do sea animals mistake it for? Sea turtles and other marine creatures mistake plastics and other garbage as food (such as jellyfish) and ingest it. This mistake causes blockages within their digestive system and eventual death.
Help Reduce Plastic Waste!
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by Gzira St. Monica School : Martina Zammit for
11-14
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): Exhibition + Special Assembly, other, school media
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awarded: Commended
St. Monica School Gzira has joined the Litter Less Campaign, and to help reduce plastic bottles at school, YRE members sold reusable plastic bottles at a very cheap price, which can be filled using the water dispenser at the school. It all started when people noticed that lots of children were bringing new plastic bottles every day, and sometimes not even recycling them properly. Another initiative that the school has taken is to encourage students to bring their lunches in reusable boxes, instead of plastic bags. If every student in the school follows this advice, the school would have saved up to 100,000 plastic bags in a whole scholastic year. This goes to show that small actions can make a huge difference. To help reduce plastic waste, each one of us needs to take action, and find ways how the use of plastic can be reduced in our everyday life.
Read MoreAssorted Nurdles
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by Gzira St. Monica School : Amy Carole Spiteri Staines, Nicole Spiteri Staines for
11-14
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): Exhibition + Special Assembly, newspaper, other, school media
filed under
campaigning-photo Photos
awarded: Commended
Nurdles are small plastic pellets which are used to make nearly all our plastic products, but many end up washing up on our shores. Marine life is severely threatened by these small pieces of plastic. The creatures that make up the base of the marine food chain, such as krill, are prematurely dying by choking on nurdles.
Fishing in the sand
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by Sacred Heart Senior school : Keira Sciberras for
11-14
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): other, Social Media
filed under
Photos reporting-photo
awarded: Commended
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Plastic Noodles and Nurdles
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by Gzira St. Monica School : Amy Carole Spiteri Staines, Nicole Spiteri Staines for
11-14
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): Exhibition + Special Assembly, newspaper, other, school media
filed under
campaigning-photo Photos
awarded: Participation
Definitely NOT food for fish! Plastics leach toxic chemicals, and also attract and accumulate other toxins. These toxic chemicals end up in our bodies through the food chain, causing various health problems such as cancer.