Persuasive Speech

480 Words1 Page
bulb-icon

Recommended: Effect of plastic in the ocean

I am Jennifer Perez and a current student attending Tarrant County College, achieving an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration, and I am currently residing within your district.

I would like to thank you for your long-term conservativism and political leadership on issues that directly affect our natural resources, as well as protecting innocent human life in Texas. However, I would like to ask you to support the issue of banning plastic items (such as food wrappers, plastic plates and cups, plastic bags, beverage bottles, etc.). I believe any products that have less than that of 50% of biodegradable materials should be banned or be reduced to help the environment and save humanity. The last couple years I have tried to be more …show more content…

However, there are many reasons on why we need to ban or find alternatives for certain plastic items that are not so easily broken down and are harmful to our environment. To begin with, the marine environment is what gets affected the most by our plastics and non-biodegradable items. The chemical ingredients in some plastic items are what harm animals the most; some chemicals can transfer with heat and pollute the water. According to some research I have done “Globally an average of eight million tons of plastic escapes production systems, winding up in the environment and eventually the ocean”. Secondly, not only is it in our ocean, it is also out in to the streets and places where wildlife animals have access to them and in some cases, consume these products and result in deadly circumstances. According to National Geographic, a new study found that in 2015, humans had produced 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste and by 2050 roughly 12 Billion Metric Tons of plastic waste will end up in the landfills or our natural environment. Thus, we must figure out to conserve our planet and help our wildlife. Lastly, bottled beverages such as waters in my opinion is how we should start and take action. The damage these decomposable items do to our planet is incredibly harmful to our environment as well as human life. According to The Water

Show More
Related

  • Fall Persuasive Speech

    292 Words  | 1 Pages

    It’s fall everyone and Halloween is coming.I would like to tell you that fall is the best season of all.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Speech Outline

    851 Words  | 2 Pages

    Topic: Addiction to social media General Purpose: To persuade Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that social media is hurting us mentally and our social lives. Thesis: Social media can cause serious problems to you and your health, so we need to put addiction to social media to rest. I. Introduction A. Attention-getter: The ages of 55 and 64 year olds who use social media fell “worried or uncomfortable” when they can’t access any type of social media accounts (Wright, 2015).

    Read More

  • Plastic Pollution: A Threat to Oceans and Humanity

    952 Words  | 2 Pages

    There is also debate on how much better biodegradable plastics are in the first place. This is because as biodegradable plastics break down, they break up into smaller and smaller pieces, but never quite disappear. This leaves the potential that the plastic would continue entering the food chain. But although biodegradable plastics aren’t perfect, they are still much safer than standard plastic and present a much lower risk. In addition, by making the shift to ban single use plastics, research towards better plastic alternatives will speed up and better solutions will become available. Over time, these new alternatives to plastics may spread to other items that aren’t single use, making an even greater impact on the health of humans and the

    Read More

  • Difference Between Bottled Water Vs Tap Water

    2641 Words  | 6 Pages

    In today’s society it is uncommon to see people walking around without water. Those who carry water with them either have their water in a reusable bottle or have bought bottled water. Bottled water is the more commonly found type of water carried around, reason being that it is easy to just buy a huge pack so that a person can just grab a bottle a go. The problem with bottled water is that more often than not, the bottle does not get recycled, but instead gets thrown into the garbage. The problem with this is that the bottles end up in a landfill. However, in this past year alone American’s used “about 50 billion plastic water bottles” (Ban The Bottle, n.d., Para. 4). Most people do not see the big difference between bottled water and tap

    Read More

  • Plastic Vs Plastic Essay

    1001 Words  | 3 Pages

    Most of the necessities humans need are provided in supermarkets, in fact supermarkets have become a necessity for our everyday life. They are now the main source of water, food, clothes and everyday tools. Therefore, the plastic bags demanded and supplied in this industry increase every day. In the past decade, we produced as much plastic as we did in the whole twentieth century (Freinkel, 2011). This exponential increase of a non-biodegradable material has negatively impacted our environment immensely. Plastic production requires our dwindling fossil fuel resources, robs away animal lives, litters our beautiful landscapes and even affects our very own well-being. Hence, if plastic production doesn’t diminish immediately, we will suffer great

    Read More

  • Affluenza Case Study

    1116 Words  | 3 Pages

    Large mammals such as whales, consume over 24,000 tons of plastic per year. The survival of many species, including the Hawaiian Monk Seal and the Loggerhead Turtle are being jeopardized and are nearly extinct. “The economical effects of plastic pollution cause an estimated $1.27 billion dollars in vessel damages per year and the cost of removing this debris cost $1,500 to $25,000 per ton” (Sounds Like Garbage). That’s over 13 billion dollars the government is using each year to try and remove some percentage of the plastic debris that has accumulated over the years. Plastic pollution also releases toxic chemicals that are being absorbed by the plastic, increasing the concentration a million times more. Which results in toxic chemicals entering our food chain that leads towards cancer, malformation, breast cancer, and even death. If plastic pollution continues to go unsolved, the ecological, economical and eco-toxicological effects it has had will basically begin, no it has already began, to destroy Earth and we are the ones who did this to

    Read More

  • The Usage of Water Bottles Should Be Banned

    526 Words  | 2 Pages

    The US Container Recycling Institute estimates that 67 million plastic water bottles are discarded every day, which is enough to wrap around the planet 149 times each year. Therefore, plastic water bottles should be banned from public use. The usage of water bottles should be suppressed because they are incredibly dangerous, wasteful, expensive, and rarely recycled. Researchers have stated that plastic bottles containing water can contain many harmful chemicals. After close examination of the plastic, researchers have concluded that some plastics contain chemicals, such as phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), endocrine disruptors, and carcinogens, which may leach into the water, especially after being stagnant for long periods of time.

    Read More

  • Should All Plastics be Biodegradable?

    885 Words  | 2 Pages

    Plastic plays a huge role in our lives due to its ability to be functional in all aspects of everyday life. Statistics Canada showed Canadians in average produced 13.4 million tonnes of waste and 73% was sent for disposal. Of the 27% that was recycled 17% of that was plastic, while the rest ended up in landfills. The logical solution for the plastics in landfills unable to degrade is biodegradable plastics. However, are biodegradable plastics the answers to the addiction to plastic people have? Arguments have been made on whether the pro’s of biodegradable plastics outweigh the cons and if biodegradable plastics will truly make a difference in our environment.

    Read More

  • Plastic Pollution and its Consequences

    949 Words  | 2 Pages

    The world population is living, working, and vacationing along the coasts. They are contributing to an unprecedented tide of plastic waste. Pollution is defined as the process that alters a substance or molecule on planet earth, the pollution is caused by the physical contact of an organic decaying particle with a clean particle in the same spot, at the time the two particles join together is when occurs pollution in which the environment is greatly altered. Too many, plastic is a modern day miracle, versatile, inexpensive and durable (Rochman 2014). To others, it is a scourge, a non-degradable pollutant that threatens to choke the global environment. Plastic pollution has led to the deaths of many animals, natural resources, and people (Rochman 2014). It is time to change America’s thinking and to learn from past mistakes.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Speech Outline

    667 Words  | 2 Pages

    Persuasive Speech Outline Name: Rapipat Udomgun Number: 5988259 Topic: Why snakes make good pets. Opening: General Purpose : To make the audiences know more about why snakes can be a good pets. Specific Purpose : To make the audiences know that snakes have advantage to be pets.

    Read More

  • Effects of Plastic Bottles On the Environment

    1327 Words  | 3 Pages

    Being convenient enough for everyday use and even tasting better to some, plastic bottles are a popular way of consuming beverages. They are convenient and to some people, can even taste better. However, the process of manufacturing and transporting the millions of bottles produced is detrimental to the environment. Continued use of plastic bottles could exponentially hurt the planet. Given all the negative effects that come from plastic, why are people still participating in this poisonous cycle?

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay: Why BPA Should Be Banned?

    1884 Words  | 4 Pages

    Studies show the chemical BPA, should be banned confidently. The benefits to a ban of BPA far outweigh the risks. Plastic water bottles aren't safe to have on hand regardless of its source or portability of the drinking water supply.

    Read More

  • Ocean Plastic Pollution

    500 Words  | 1 Pages

    Why would you want to drink from a bottle that was made from chemicals? According to our textbook, “Bisphenol A or BPA as it is more commonly known, is a synthetic chemical. Since the late 1940’s, it has been a staple ingredient in the linings of metal food cans and plastic products of every kind.” (Karr, et al, p. 44) To make matters worse, plastic accumulates in our oceans. “There are five garbage patches and the Pacific garbage patch is the biggest” (Great Pacific Garbage Patch 1:23-1:29) These patches are very large and affect the biodiversity of our ocean after marine life ingest tiny plastic pieces and become ill. Because plastics are fashioned using non-renewable resources, the more plastic a factory fabricates, the less non-renewable natural resource we will have left over for future generations.

    Read More

  • Plastic Awareness Essay

    1426 Words  | 3 Pages

    Various medical journals, research papers, and critics have pushed to ensure that people aren’t exposed to these harmful chemicals, by increasing overall public awareness. Currently, there is a steadily growing stigma against plastics, resulting in many people opting to use safer alternatives to plastics for utensils and liquid containers (glass and metal water bottles over plastic). If asked, almost any person would say no to the question of, “Would you be ok with plastics in the drinking water, or in your food?” However, most people don’t realize that the careless disposal of plastics in waterways and oceans results in the creation of microplastics, which fish and other wildlife consume. Microplastics are mainly formed in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”: the Pacific Ocean’s currents cause millions of tons of plastics to slowly degrade from the extensive exposure to sunlight and abrasion from water. As a result,

    Read More

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of Plastic Pollution

    950 Words  | 2 Pages

    It is undeniable that plastic has become a part of human lives all around the world. Plastic has been one of the most essential commodities when Alexander Parkes created it in 1852 (Kulbhushaan, 2011, 4). Chris, the member of Earthsave Canada, said that it seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our daily life and we cannot escape plastic pollution, either (2008, 5). Although it is one of the most essential commodities, there is no doubt that using plastic has its own set of disadvantages. Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of man-made plastic products in the environment that adversely affect wildlife or humans (Moore, 2015, internet). In order to evidently discuss plastic pollution, this report will interpret more details on

    Read More

More about Persuasive Speech

Open Document