Nurdle Hurdle

submitted by St. Thomas More College Secondary School Zejtun : Katrina Vella  for 11-14
campaign: Litter Less Campaign Entry
dissemination(s): assembly, noticeboard, other, school magazine, school media, website
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Dissemination description: Student shared the photo on social media including personal and school facebook page. She has also addressed the students are school during an assembly in order to make them aware about the problem of Nurdles. The photo is going to be publihed on the school magazine in June.
sustainable development goal(s): clean water and sanitation, life below water, life on land, responsible consumption and production, sustainable cities and communities
filed under Photos Reporting photo
awarded: Commended


Nurdles, the name of the, not so sweet, as it might sound, raw material of the plastic industry. The building blocks for plastic bottles, plastic bags and drinking straws – in fact almost anything made up from plastic. However, nurdles are also covering our beaches. It is estimated that 73% of beach litter is plastic. Ingestion of plastic kills more than 1,000,000 marine creatures each year, while humans end up eating thousands of microplastics through the consumption of seafood. Studies by the European Union and the University of Malta show that only ⅓ of the plastic used in Malta is being recycled. Most of the remaining ⅔ end up in the sea. So, let’s get over the hurdle and do away with the nurdle!

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