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The deceptive face of plastic

School information

School name
Prienai "Ziburys" gymnasium
School year
2023-2024
City
Prienai
Country
Lithuania
Sea basin
Baltic Sea
Region
Inland: >20 km from the sea

Project information

Starting date of the project
End date of the project
Level of education
Secondary school
Project website

This project “The deceptive face of plastic” aims to develop awareness of our students and the whole community that each European is a citizen of our ocean and waters and that our responsibility is to remove single-use plastic and generate zero plastic litter.
The main objectives of the project:
1. To raise the motivation of the students and the school community ( 200 students, 10 teachers, 10 parents) by joining the solution of environmental problems.
2. To reduce the use of plastic materials and the amount of garbage generated on the bank of the river Nemunas.
3. Not less than 80 percent of directly and indirectly involved students will get familiar with the microplastics pollution issues.
The activities to achieve these objectives:
* To determine the state of pollution of the rivers of Prienai town with macro and micro plastic and the chemical properties of water.
* To compare results of the research with water pollution in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.
* To prepare a questionnaire by interviewing students about the prevalence, sources and methods of reduction of microplastics.
The result - the condition and chemical properties of the waters of Prienai town were determined and evaluated, compared to the pollution of the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.
Impact - educating students and engaging the community to reduce their environmental pollution, especially plastic.