Throwing Money in the Bin!

submitted by St. Margaret's College Girls' Secondary School Zejtun : Amy Ebejer  for 15-18
dissemination(s): newspaper, Notice boards and social media, other, School assemblies, school magazine, school media, website
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Dissemination description: School Website http://stmc.zejtungirls.skola.edu.mt/2014/02/throwing-money-in-the-bin/ School Magazine To whom it may concern: This is to certify that the article Throwing Money in the Bin written by
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The persistent growth of pollution produced from packaging of materials is a constant threat to our environment. Numerous actions have been taken by governments around the world to reduce pollution. Actually in Malta, producers of packaging are obliged to adhere with the Waste Management Regulations and recover a specified amount of waste and prove that they have met their annual obligations to recover and/or recycle packaging waste (MEPA). Especially since, 37 percent of the 8 percent municipal waste consists of packaging. In 2004, packaging waste represented approximately 3 percent of total waste generated (MEPA, 2006). However, this problem does not concern only industries. In fact, every person in the European Union has thrown out 156kg of waste which was used for packaging in 2010 (Eurostat, 2013). Thus, all of us should make conscious decisions on the choice of products use.