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1st place Litter less Campaign

Refocus and reduce….No to Junk Mail!

submitted by St. Nicholas College Rabat MIddle School : Eco-schools Committee for 11-14
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): Made into a leaflet and distributed to people we found in the Rabat square., other, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

We wrote this article to spread the word about the worrying data we collected about the local Junk Mail situation during our Litter-Less research. We managed to enroll 9 families in our school community and they agreed to keep the junk mail they received over a period of two months. We then weighed that mail and calculated the amount the families would have collected over a year. We also estimated how much junk mail would have been collected if we had to multiply the results to the number of dwellings in Malta. Moreover we estimated the number of trees that would have to be cut down to create all that paper that will end up as Junk Mail. The results we obtained were mind blowing and all this after the massive ‘Sort it out’ campaign. Are we really sorting it out?

submitted by individual : Elisa Demanuele for 7-10
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): Local Council noticeboard, newspaper, other, website
filed under Photos reporting-photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

Careless litterers are causing damage on marine life. The message is clear: we do not live separated from the environment. What goes around comes around

submitted by Maria Regina College Middle School Naxxar : Thea Frendo for 11-14
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Photos reporting-photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

Use the bins please!

submitted by ALP Paola : Brandon Debono, Brandon Spiteri, Gilmour Borg, Hayden Bonello, Johan Bongailas, Nicholai Battistino, Salvatore Mazza, Samira Buhagiar for 15-18
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): other, Presentations in Schools and Day Centres in the community of Paola, school media, website
filed under campaigning-video video-clips
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

Plastic is ruining our world but we can do something about it. The Bring your own campaign aims to reduce single use plastic with three simple solutions. Video created by ALP plus Multimedia students 2018-2019.

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Aylish, Britney Magro, Cesca, Cheryl, Elisa, Emma, Kaya, Kelsey Barons, Kyra, Nicole, Pheobe for 11-14
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, website, YouTube and Facebook promotion
filed under campaigning-video video-clips
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

This is our school’s video (Our Lady Immaculate School Hamrun) to raise awareness on plastic pollution. This video forms part of our Litterless Campaign. The video is part of a large campaign that our students embarked to educate students and the wider community on the importance of reducing plastic use. The idea of this video is to show that now the problem is real and that we cannot just talk about the problem but we must act.

submitted by G F Abela Junior College Msida : Jordan Magri for 15-18
campaign: litter-less-campaign-entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

The article investigates how organic waste collection from restaurants in Malta is being carried out even though there is yet no legislation. Other waste reduction matters regarding restaurant waste was also examined. In general there seems to be awareness about waste issues in Malta, as businesses are cooperating.

submitted by Dun Manwel Attard Young Adult Education Resource Centre Maria Regina College : Jean Mizzi for 19+
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): Facebook and Noticeboard, other, school media, website
filed under Photos reporting-photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

This receipt is showing the increase in the expenses we are paying due to the huge amount of waste that is produced in our environment. Therefore the use of natural resources in our everyday life must be accompanied by serious efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle these materials. Only that way can we lessen the burden of ourselves, our development on nature and our environment.

submitted by Maria Regina College Dun Manwel Attard Young Adult Education Resource Centre : Shaun Grech for 15-18
campaign: yre-entry
dissemination(s): Facebook, noticeboard, other, school media, website
filed under Photos reporting-photo
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

This snail’s natural habitat is supposed to be surrounded by plants and other animals and not waste. The overuse of plastics and their careless disposal into our environment is leading to it having extensively infiltrated our food chain and natural spaces. Moreover, animals such as this snail are ending up in the wrong place such as in this case, the plastic bottle, and are eventually left to die.

submitted by Birgu Malta St Edward's College : Samuel Borg Barthet for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): other, school media, Social Media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign

Student investigate why do people dispose of their rubbish in an improper way.He also interviews Ms. Ghislaine Calleja from Get Trashed Malta after a Clean Up he took part in to promote the Litter Less Campaign in the Community.

submitted by Maria Regina College Mosta : Ilona Sciberras; Nicole Fenech for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): Mosta local council noticeboard adn Ekoskola facebook page, other, school noticeboard, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: 1st place Litter less Campaign, WasteServ Award

The EkoSkola group of Maria Regina College Mosta regenerated the out-of-bounds school garden which is now being opened regularly during breaks, lessons and various activities. The garden was given a facelift, new hedges planted and lots of seating areas, decorations, bird feeding stations, cat shelters etc were created using recycled material. The scope was that of making the garden more welcoming, but also to create awareness about the importance of Reusing waste since there is a huge problem of litter generation and disposal in the Maltese Islands.

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