Trash Persuasive Speech

We need to start being very careful about our trash, because it is creating a huge problem that we don’t seem to notice. This can be avoided easily. If you ever have trash that needs to be disposed of, don’t just leave it on the ground or throw it out the window, because if you do so, the trash will eventually make its way into the ocean, and into the mouths of marine animals. So don’t let laziness get the best of you and make you litter. There is always a trash can or recycling bin around. 1.The rate of how much pollution enters the ocean per year is six million tons. When this happens, marine animals see it as food, for example sea turtles eat jellyfish, of which plastic is a lookalike. The marine animals will eat this plastic and other debris, and they will feel full. The problem is, it is not digestible so the animals will think they’re full for to long and eventually die of starvation. 2.Pollution can also suffocate them and/or injure them. 1.Plastic by itself kills approximately 100,000 marine animals per year, including dolphins, whales, seabirds, turtles, seals, etc. Our carbon emissions also damage the marine environment. 1.The excess carbon dioxide eventually gets into the ocean and makes the water acidic, damaging coral reefs. This makes it an unhealthy and almost inhospitable

Ships alone deposit 5.5 million pieces of trash into the ocean per year. Trash items take a while to break down in the ocean. Paper made items take around 2-4 weeks to break down. Fruit waste such as orange and banana peels take around 2 years to break down. Cigarette butts take 1-5 years, 10-20 for plastic bags, and 50 years for foam cups and tin cans. This is the reason why there are so many immense buildups of marine trash. 3. There is a build up of trash in the Pacific ocean called the Pacific Garbage Patch that weighs 7 million tons and is twice the surface area of