Commended

The Danger Litter Brings to Malta

submitted by Naxxar Primary School : Anna Omelchenko  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Introduction: Did you know that Malta is the third biggest producer of municipal waste in Europe? When you will read this you will know everything about litter in Malta, what danger it brings and how we can stop it altogether.



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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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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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Let’s not Mask our Environment

submitted by St. Joseph School, Sliema : Edrienne Galea  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

A survey amongst students belonging to our school community deals with the type of masks students are using. It also delves into why some students choose to use disposable masks. The aim of this article is to encourage students to start using reusable masks, thus reducing the amount of litter generated.



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Marine Litter

submitted by St Aloysius Primary School : Jake Said  for 7-10
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

This is an article by Jake Said, a Red Warrior member, about marine litter and what our school did in order to try to reduce litter that ends up at sea. Our project is called Washed Ashore.



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More Development – Destruction of more trees?

submitted by San Gwann Primary : Kezayah Zahra  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Unfortunately, trees and open areas are constantly being sacrificed for the so-called progress and development. The article talks about a over-developed area were the only remaining trees are in danger of being removed too.



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Street Litter

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Miraine and Hale  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Street litter includes all the waste materials that are thrown away irresponsibly, especially those thrown away in the streets. The smallest things, from cigarette butts up to the largest ones like bulky waste materials, form part of such litter. Litter in the streets is continuously increasing due to irresponsible people. This problem is not only found in Malta, but all over the world. In fact, according to a British website called Kingdom 60% of the people in Britain drop litter and only 28% of them admit it.



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Could Covid Improve Our Earth?

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate : Cesca Vassallo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Have you ever stopped to consider how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live? Have you noticed that some things we are doing now could be saving the earth? Let us consider one simple example. Have your trips to the grocery store become less frequent because you want to lessen your exposure to the virus? There you have it! You’ve already started helping the earth by decreasing your carbon footprint.



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Life changes, countries change, people change, culture changes.

submitted by secondary school St Benedict College : Naiara Zammit  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): other, Social Media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Multiculturalism in Malta



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