Purpose: Persuasive

       - Grade

Purpose: Persuasive

-Comfort

Purpose: Inform, Persuasive

BODY:

            a: Due to the convinience of using plastic bottles most people don't think about the long term impacts of thier actions. 

            b: Plastic over time breaks down into smaller pieces called micoplastics but is not bioderadable. Meaning substance which cannot be broken down by natural organisms and acts as a source of pollution. The plastic from these disposable bottles ends up in the oceans harming the ocean animals and plants.

            a: Many sea animals eat these microplastics thinking it is food and either get severly sick or die due to the harmful chemicals present in the plastic called PCBs, PBDEs and PAHs.

            b: Over 1 million marine animals including mammals, fish, sharks, turtles, and birds are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean.

            a: As when the plastics settled on the sea bed they can  smother any life that calls the sea floor home.

 b: The plants that originally lived there now can no longer find space on the sea bed to attach thier roots to and instead get smaller and smaller in numbers.

CONCLUSION:
Now I have told you many facts and statistcs on the harmful affects of using disposable plastic bottles. Using disposable bottles makes life easier but at what cost. Are you going to ignore it or are you going to make changes to your daily life and quit using disposable bottled water?

BODY

Point 1:  Plastic is a non-renewable resource 

            a: Humans use plastics, faster than plastic decomposes.  We use plastic too much. Last time I went to get groceries, I counted 10 plastic bags.  That means we use about 520 plastic bags a year! And we are just one family!

            b:  Another example is, 300 million tons of plastics are used annually, yet it can take over 1,300 years for this to decompose. By then we will trash over 390,000 tons of trash This will lead to more plastic on land than soil! Imagine that?!


Moving On...

            a: Plastics cause blockages in the turtle digestive system. This is like having a plastic bottle in your intestines. Turtles are animals too

            b: Plastics are the cause of 5 out of 10 turtle deaths . If we stop using plastics, about 50% of the number of turtle deaths can be prevented. Would you want to die by a plastic bottle?

Passing On...

            a: Tiny plastics, called micro-plastics, pollute soil, and make it unfarmable. Lesser land for farming can mean a scarcity of food. As far as I now, I would NOT want to walk 10 miles just to get bread

 b: In 2015, over 25,000,000 tons of plastic ended up in landfills, making the land unsuitable for farming. This wastes over 16,000 acres of land that could have been used to farm. That's about over a quarter of million houses!

CONCLUSION

Now that I've told you why to Ditch The Plastic, let's explore some alternatives. Living in the modern world today, it is nearly impossible to avoid plastic altogether. This is because plastic a cheap packing material. Businesses use plastic to pack their goods, without realizing the huge impact they are leaving. You can limit your weekly usage by using a fabric/cloth bag every time you get groceries instead of using plastic bags. You can also stop using plastic straws and switch to reusable steel or metal straws. In short, we need to adopt using the 3 R's. Reuse.Recycle.Reduce.

Do you want to add to the amount of plastic waste by using a plastic bottle? Do you want a sea turtle to die by using a plastic bottle? Do you like unfarmable land by using a plastic bottle? Now, if you want your children to have clean beaches, Ditch The Plastic.

#DitchThePlastic