Persuasive Essay On Oceans

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Our oceans, as beautiful as they seem, are hiding a dirty little secret; they are not nearly as resilient as society thinks. For far too long society as a whole has neglected our wondrous seas and has utilized them as a waste bin, letting garbage and filth pollute their bodies. They are in trouble due to the large amount of trash polluting them; however, with simple changes such as cleaning up after ourselves, we can protect our oceans and the animals living in them.
In order to truly protect our oceans for generations to come, we must first deal with how polluted our oceans already are and figure out how they got this way. In the beginning, our oceans were gorgeous inside and out. Sea otters, Jellyfish, sharks, fish, and all other marine animals …show more content…

This is more than the amount of trash generated every year which is only 250 million. Suffice to say that people tend to throw things randomly anywhere more often that they throw garbage in trash bins. This adds up to among the reasons why marine life is depleting. If we wonder why there are a lot of fish kills reported almost every day, we might want to think about how we are contributing to it. Many of the endangered animals in the oceans are losing their homes as much as their food resource and that is thanks to the contribution of the billions of litter we produce" (litteritcostsyou.org, paragraph 2). This evidence provides a statistical analysis about littering and how it affects our oceans. Nine billion tons is a huge proportion, and all of this litter evidently comes from us. If this trend continues, it’s unlikely that the oceans’ inhabitants will live full lives and fight extinction. As GreenPeace Organization puts it, “We dump more garbage into the ocean, than the tonnage of fish we take out. We can choose to stop doing that and that will be one less pollutant choking our seas.” Society needs to make that choice quick, or else one day there may not be an ocean to protect. This may seem harsh and unrealistic, but do we really want to have a “wait and see what happens” attitude about such an important issue? Plus, cleaning up after ourselves and preventing ocean pollution is easier than you may think. Greenecoservices.com gives a great deal of insight on simple everyday things we can do to save our oceans, "There are many ways that you can help make your community cleaner. Here are 12 suggestions: Set an example by not littering… Pick up one piece of litter every day… Every week, pick up all the litter in front of your house, including the street…Ask your neighbors to properly dispose of their trash. Show them the difference between a clean area and an area spoiled by litter, and stress why it’s

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