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MARITIME FESTIVAL STEM CHALLENGE WINNERS<br />
Over 100 students from local schools were invited to solve a maritime-related challenge at<br />
the Poole Maritime Festival, set by Dorset Young Enterprise, to reduce single use plastics<br />
in our seas and oceans.<br />
Students from Poole High School team ‘Just-In-Case’ gave a very strong and well prepared<br />
presentation and were thrilled to be declared winners of the <strong>2018</strong> Poole Maritime Festival<br />
STEM Challenge.<br />
They impressed the judges with their idea of recycling and re-engineering plastic waste to<br />
create mobile phone cases with their own design and logo.<br />
LEADING THE WAR ON PLASTIC IN SCHOOL<br />
Students at Poole High have decided to be the first school to lead the war on plastics to<br />
protect the environment and our beaches, so students decided to put their fears to the<br />
test and for half an hour after lunch, collected all plastic containers outside the school<br />
canteen. To their dismay, they couldn’t believe how much waste the school generated.<br />
Challenges<br />
Supported by Surfers Against<br />
Sewage, the students decided to<br />
review at how the school could<br />
become plastic free by swapping<br />
plastic pots and cups with<br />
compostable ones and putting<br />
recycling bins in the canteen.<br />
The aim is to be the first school<br />
on the south-coast to become<br />
totally plastic free and are on the<br />
way to achieving their goal.
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