Students campaign against litter

Twenty-six Maltese schools have participated in an international campaign against litter, the best entries of which will be awarded in a ceremony to be held in October, pandemic permitting.

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A total of 237 projects – 72 articles, 149 photos and 16 videos were submitted by 17 secondary and nine primary schools for the Wrigley Litter Less Campaign, which forms part of the international programme Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE), run by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and represented locally by Nature Trust – FEE Malta.

Participants were invited to focus on any litter-related issues and conduct a campaign to bring about change. Actions varied from the elimination of plastic bags and use of mesh bags, the elimination of single-use plastics, supermarket collaboration to reduce single-use plastic and raising awareness on marine litter.

This year proved to be a particularly challenging one for the YRE programme due to the closure of schools in early March. The deadline for the competition...