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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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Beeswax Wraps instead of Plastic

submitted by De La Salle College Junior School : Nathan Grech  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

The De La Salle EkoSkola Junior school committee members in collaboration with BeezNeez and Litterless campaign Malta have been working hard to reduce plastic as this harms the environment. We came across this innovative product of beeswax wraps which are reusable and a sustainable alternative to plastic. Beeswax wraps’ main purpose is for food preservation.  

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Where’s the organic bag?

submitted by ALP Paola : Alec Grima Baldacchino  for 15-18
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended

This litter can be reused, throw it in the organic bag!



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