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YRE Winner – Photo 19-21yrs: One Sandwich Short of a Picnic
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by Eco-Centre Zejtun : Johann Camilleri for
19+
dissemination(s): Facebook, other
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Photos
In Europe, about 90 million tonnes of food is wasted annually. According to NSO Malta, on average, 22% of the amount of food purchased weekly by Maltese residents, end up in the solid waste stream. Not only households throw away food, but food is also wasted due to over-production or inadequate storage or packaging. Wiser shopping planning avoids good food being thrown away. Food leftovers can be refrigerated or frozen and used for other meals. Products like bread and vegetables can be given to farmers to feed their animals. Over-ripe fruit can make healthy fresh smoothies or fruit pies, while vegetables make delicious healthy soups instead of bulging our trash bins. Our wise great grandmothers used to turn left over bread into mouth-watering bread puddings. This is more than worthwhile considering that according to the UN Water, to produce 1 slice of bread, 40 litres of water are used up.

YRE Winner – Video 11-14yrs: Saving Mother Nature
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by St Edward's College : Luigi Dimech for
11-14
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
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Video Clips
The aim of this video is to make you aware of some of the main causes of litter in Malta and that we should reduce, reuse and recycle. We should set examples for others, conserve water and keep ‘Mother Nature’ clean in the best way possible.
Read MoreYRE Winner – Video 15-18yrs: Free Rosy and her Friends
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by St.Benedict College Girls' Secondary School Tarxien : Carmen Galea for
15-18
dissemination(s): newspaper, other, school media, Special School Assembly Celebrate Earth Hour, website
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Video Clips
Five loggerhead turtles-Rosy, Ricardo, Spartacus, Kiko and Bizu were released last November from the Blue Flag beach of Paradise Bay Hotel at Ċirkewwa. These marine turtles were found injured in our sea after swallowing fishing hooks, nylon and fishing lines. They were given the necessary medical treatment for several weeks. A key solution to protect these creatures is by educating the younger generation. We have to keep our sea clean from waste especially plastic bags because every year a number of turtles die suffocated by mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish. With our help, these marine species can live longer in cleaner seas.
Read MoreWrigley Winner – Article 11-14yrs: Bring in or dumping sites?
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by Gozo College Girls Secondary School Victoria Gozo : Eko Skola Committee for
11-14
dissemination(s): other, school notice board and etwinning, school magazine, school media, website
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Articles
Like many other localities all over the Maltese Islands, the picturesque fishing village of Xlendi has more than one ‘bring in site’ but it is truly a multi Bring-in site.‘BringIn’ sites were introduced in multiple locations in Malta in 2003, (WasteServ Malta) in an effort to improve the source separation of recyclable waste.This has facilitated the separation of waste from households. Irresponsible persons are making them inaccessible by depositing mounds of garbage bags and rubbish at the base of the recycle containers.
Read MoreWrigley Winner – Article 15-18yrs: Cigarette Butts as Litter – Toxic as Well as Ugly
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by G F Abela Junior College Msida : Kimberly Galea for
15-18
dissemination(s): Facebook, other, school media
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Articles
Cigarette butts are a small but overseen harmful type of waste, which litter our streets and end up in waterways. The situation in Malta will be discussed. Initiatives done to address the issue will be investigated. Also, suggestions on what should be done on this issue.
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