Helium Balloon Persuasive Essay
The ban on the release of helium balloons is extremely heartbreaking news
from Worcester city council. They’ll fine anyone caught littering. This ban is
only valid in the council banned area. “In your back garden or private land,
we’re not looking to introduce a ban on that – it would be completely
unenforceable,” concedes Claire Neville, spokeswomen for the council. Oxford,
Brighton, Plymouth and Shetland have already banned helium balloons and it
the ban in Worcester city goes forward, it’ll join the club. It’s not just these
cities who have banned helium balloons even Florida and Virginia, and parts of
Australia have also imposed a ban. “There has been huge support and
campaigns [for a ban in Britain] for some time, from …show more content…
Turtles are attracted to balloons, which can
get trapped in their gut and cause starvation (the MCS says even the fragments
could be harmful to hatchling turtles); dolphins, seabirds and other marine
animals have been killed by balloons or the plastic strings that are usually
attached to them in the past.
In defence, the balloon manufacturing industries say that latex is
biodegradable and takes about the same time as an oak leaf to decompose.
But they did not say that this process could take several years and an animal is
not harmed by an Oak leaf. However, the production and sale of these
balloons was to stop one day as helium is a finite resource. The Cambridge
chemist Peter Wothers, delivering the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture in
2012, said: “I can imagine that, in 50 years’ time, our children will be saying: ‘I
can’t believe they used such a precious material to fill balloons.’”
People have found alternative for the balloons like paper lanterns which are
powered by candles but there is a chance that their falling parts may cause
harm to the wildlife or start forest fire.The anti-balloon
from Worcester city council. They’ll fine anyone caught littering. This ban is
only valid in the council banned area. “In your back garden or private land,
we’re not looking to introduce a ban on that – it would be completely
unenforceable,” concedes Claire Neville, spokeswomen for the council. Oxford,
Brighton, Plymouth and Shetland have already banned helium balloons and it
the ban in Worcester city goes forward, it’ll join the club. It’s not just these
cities who have banned helium balloons even Florida and Virginia, and parts of
Australia have also imposed a ban. “There has been huge support and
campaigns [for a ban in Britain] for some time, from …show more content…
Turtles are attracted to balloons, which can
get trapped in their gut and cause starvation (the MCS says even the fragments
could be harmful to hatchling turtles); dolphins, seabirds and other marine
animals have been killed by balloons or the plastic strings that are usually
attached to them in the past.
In defence, the balloon manufacturing industries say that latex is
biodegradable and takes about the same time as an oak leaf to decompose.
But they did not say that this process could take several years and an animal is
not harmed by an Oak leaf. However, the production and sale of these
balloons was to stop one day as helium is a finite resource. The Cambridge
chemist Peter Wothers, delivering the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture in
2012, said: “I can imagine that, in 50 years’ time, our children will be saying: ‘I
can’t believe they used such a precious material to fill balloons.’”
People have found alternative for the balloons like paper lanterns which are
powered by candles but there is a chance that their falling parts may cause
harm to the wildlife or start forest fire.The anti-balloon