Ocean Pollution Persuasive Speech
I'm sure there has been a few times where you looked on your phone or laptop and you see a picture of the ocean. Most of these pictures show clear and pretty water with maybe a sunset behind it. Not all parts of the sea appear this way, however they should be. Pollution is everywhere in the water and it's harming almost everything in it- from coral reefs to whales. But polluting the water just might be even more complex than you may think. So, to get you started, we will hit some of the basics of ocean pollution. You most likely know that plastic is a major issue, but that's not the only thing harming the ocean. Pollution of the ocean is also caused by domestic and industrial activities, consisting of some of the following, underwater mining-
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potential for damage to deep sea ecosystems and pollution by heavy metal laden plumes. The use of toxic chemicals (like fertilizer) runs into the water and takes out the air, creating dead zones. Wearing sunscreen is also harmful because it comes off your skin in the water, then covers some of the plant life that creates oxygen, slowly creating a dead zone. Pollutants from the atmosphere get absorbed by the sea. Nitrogen in the air gets in the water, ‘‘in aquatic systems, excess nitrogen can stimulate an explosive growth of plants and algae, which deplete oxygen levels when they die and decompose’’, found by a study of rainwater in August, 2014. You may not believe it, but sound can also cause harm to underwater life, known as noise pollution. Noise pollution can be caused by different things, both natural and industrial, like ships or earthquakes. The sound waves damage reproduction, hunting, and migration patterns for many aquatic animals. Ocean pollution can have many effects over time, say a school of fish eats plastic and gets harmed by toxins and chemicals and a fisherman caught those fish, brought them to a restaurant to be served, damages the food chain. If enough marine animals eat these things in the water, they might go extinct. If ocean pollution continues, the temperature in the water will skyrocket, killing many fish that need a cold environment. Coral reefs will degrade, lowering the oxygen levels in water and also killing some marine life. The reproductive system will fail, causing some to go extinct. The ocean holds so much life and beauty, why are we purposefully harming it?People dump tons of trash into our ocean every day, I personally don't understand it. The companies and people in charge know that it harms the environment, but they aren't doing anything to stop polluting. If ocean pollution is as big of a deal as people make it out to be, why is the government allowing companies to just throw it in the ocean? Eighty percent of ocean pollution comes from land, so let's get a little deeper into the topic. Marine pollution is, by definition, “the addition of harmful chemicals to natural water.” Yes, by definition, that’s what pollution is, but not just chemicals. Technically, most of ocean pollution comes from chemicals but some doesn’t. But that’s not the point, the point is, there are so many ways to pollute the ocean that some of us do every day. Such as smoking, for 25 years, a huge group of people collected trash from the ocean and counted up everything they found. What did they find? 52,907,756 cigarettes, ranking number one at the most found. Not only is smoking bad for our bodies and the air, it is now affecting the ocean. Every year all the trash counts up to cost 13 billion dollars. That costs a lot, and if we never started to pollute the water, we could've had 5 years of treatment for every leukemia patient in the U.S. Pollution should not control our money and kill our marine life. We should start cleaning up as fast as we can so cleaning doesn't cost as much later. A garbage patch off the coast of California (known as the pacific garbage patch) is thought to be either the size of Texas, or the continental U.S. In July 2012, its estimated cost to clean is $5,000-20,000 per day, it would cost between $122 million and $489 million for the year. That's only for boat time, it doesn't include equipment or labor costs. Now that we know how much it costs, are other people trying to help? A lot of people- and companies, are working for a better ocean. Some major companies recycle in whatever way they can use. Adidas, for example, is making a shoe made completely out of trash. The shoe will reuse 11 plastic bottles per pair and the laces, heel lining and sock liner covers made from other recycled materials. Dell, also taking the wasted ocean plastic and giving it a better life and using wasted plastic to package laptops. On their site, they say the new packaging will help keep out 16,000 pounds of plastic out of the oceans. Coca-Cola is making photodegradable 6 pack rings that turn to dust after less than 120 days of being in the sun. Coca-cola has also made a plant based bottle, according to the company, “more than 35 billion PlantBottle packages have been distributed in nearly 40 countries. The technology has enabled us to eliminate the potential for more than 315,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions—equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from burning more than 743,000 barrels of oil—and save more than 36 million gallons of gas.’’ Seems like Coca-cola is trying to do as much as they can to help. Then, there is a sponge that's sole purpose is to clean up oil spills. The sponge, created by the company Argonne, is made out of Oleo sponge. The Oleo sponge is also reusable. It is really amazing how big companies are stepping up and making products out of the trash, which helps not only the ocean but the company as well. The government should really pick up on ocean pollution, and recycling. Recycling may not seem like as big of a deal as you may think, but, recycling happens to be one of the best and easiest ways to help out the environment.
When people think of recycling it's usually plastic and paper, but you can also get rid of other things by recycling. Some of these things include, metal, batteries, bulbs, and electronics. Batteries can range from the small ones in your remote to car batteries. According to waste Management, “A typical car battery is made of 60% lead, nearly all of which can be recycled. Most of it is reused over and over again in new batteries.’’ Car batteries also are the most recycled product in America. Seventy-five percent of waste is recyclable, we are only recycling thirty percent. Recycling not only helps the ocean from potential pollution, but the environmental savings are huge. For example, recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to make them. Recycling also helps with jobs. More than 110,000 jobs could be created by reaching California's goal to achieve 75-percent solid-waste recycling by 2020, according to a new report by Natural Resources Defense Council. Now we’re aware of what we can and cannot recycle and its benefits, let's talk about what isn't being done. Globally, about 300 million tons of plastic are produced each year, around 10% is recycled. An estimated 7 million tons of plastic that wasn't recycled went to the sea. Not only that, but of all the plastic we use, 50% of it is used once then thrown away. That's not bad, but there is still room for improvement. The Container Recycling Institute found that the 36 billion aluminum cans thrown away in 2014 had a scrap value of more than $600 million. That's just cans. Imagine how much money we would save by recycling! 1,000 to 2,000 gallons of gasoline can be saved recycling just one ton of plastic. Recycling now improves the air, oceans, our money, jobs, gas and so much more. Recycling is definitely the way to go if you want a fast and easy
way to help out the ocean. Ocean pollution can happen so many ways, but can also be prevented different ways. We are responsible for 80% of ocean pollution, and if we bring that number down- even just a little bit- will help a lot. Different bans on dumping waste has helped drastically and prevented a possible speed of polluting, and slowed the process down. Different corporations are trying to benefit both the ocean and their companies by recycling usable items and making them into something new. I couldn't figure out why pollution happens, but I found so many other ways it occurs, from land runoff to the tiny micro plastic beads inside body scrubs. Usually, if there is a problem, there is most likely a solution or something that helps fix the problem a bit. There’s multiple ways to help, but i'm only going to give a few. Use public transportation or invest in a electric car or carpool. Buy some non-toxic eco friendly fertilizer, update sewer and water treatment, recycle as much as possible, cut up the six pack rings, pick up litter, buy products with little to no plastic packaging, don't wear sunscreen, donate to organizations that help the ocean, don't buy products that are harmful to the ocean after use, etc. The ocean is so important to our culture and society and helps us in many ways, we should keep the ocean as beautiful as it was before we started to pollute the water.
potential for damage to deep sea ecosystems and pollution by heavy metal laden plumes. The use of toxic chemicals (like fertilizer) runs into the water and takes out the air, creating dead zones. Wearing sunscreen is also harmful because it comes off your skin in the water, then covers some of the plant life that creates oxygen, slowly creating a dead zone. Pollutants from the atmosphere get absorbed by the sea. Nitrogen in the air gets in the water, ‘‘in aquatic systems, excess nitrogen can stimulate an explosive growth of plants and algae, which deplete oxygen levels when they die and decompose’’, found by a study of rainwater in August, 2014. You may not believe it, but sound can also cause harm to underwater life, known as noise pollution. Noise pollution can be caused by different things, both natural and industrial, like ships or earthquakes. The sound waves damage reproduction, hunting, and migration patterns for many aquatic animals. Ocean pollution can have many effects over time, say a school of fish eats plastic and gets harmed by toxins and chemicals and a fisherman caught those fish, brought them to a restaurant to be served, damages the food chain. If enough marine animals eat these things in the water, they might go extinct. If ocean pollution continues, the temperature in the water will skyrocket, killing many fish that need a cold environment. Coral reefs will degrade, lowering the oxygen levels in water and also killing some marine life. The reproductive system will fail, causing some to go extinct. The ocean holds so much life and beauty, why are we purposefully harming it?People dump tons of trash into our ocean every day, I personally don't understand it. The companies and people in charge know that it harms the environment, but they aren't doing anything to stop polluting. If ocean pollution is as big of a deal as people make it out to be, why is the government allowing companies to just throw it in the ocean? Eighty percent of ocean pollution comes from land, so let's get a little deeper into the topic. Marine pollution is, by definition, “the addition of harmful chemicals to natural water.” Yes, by definition, that’s what pollution is, but not just chemicals. Technically, most of ocean pollution comes from chemicals but some doesn’t. But that’s not the point, the point is, there are so many ways to pollute the ocean that some of us do every day. Such as smoking, for 25 years, a huge group of people collected trash from the ocean and counted up everything they found. What did they find? 52,907,756 cigarettes, ranking number one at the most found. Not only is smoking bad for our bodies and the air, it is now affecting the ocean. Every year all the trash counts up to cost 13 billion dollars. That costs a lot, and if we never started to pollute the water, we could've had 5 years of treatment for every leukemia patient in the U.S. Pollution should not control our money and kill our marine life. We should start cleaning up as fast as we can so cleaning doesn't cost as much later. A garbage patch off the coast of California (known as the pacific garbage patch) is thought to be either the size of Texas, or the continental U.S. In July 2012, its estimated cost to clean is $5,000-20,000 per day, it would cost between $122 million and $489 million for the year. That's only for boat time, it doesn't include equipment or labor costs. Now that we know how much it costs, are other people trying to help? A lot of people- and companies, are working for a better ocean. Some major companies recycle in whatever way they can use. Adidas, for example, is making a shoe made completely out of trash. The shoe will reuse 11 plastic bottles per pair and the laces, heel lining and sock liner covers made from other recycled materials. Dell, also taking the wasted ocean plastic and giving it a better life and using wasted plastic to package laptops. On their site, they say the new packaging will help keep out 16,000 pounds of plastic out of the oceans. Coca-Cola is making photodegradable 6 pack rings that turn to dust after less than 120 days of being in the sun. Coca-cola has also made a plant based bottle, according to the company, “more than 35 billion PlantBottle packages have been distributed in nearly 40 countries. The technology has enabled us to eliminate the potential for more than 315,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions—equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from burning more than 743,000 barrels of oil—and save more than 36 million gallons of gas.’’ Seems like Coca-cola is trying to do as much as they can to help. Then, there is a sponge that's sole purpose is to clean up oil spills. The sponge, created by the company Argonne, is made out of Oleo sponge. The Oleo sponge is also reusable. It is really amazing how big companies are stepping up and making products out of the trash, which helps not only the ocean but the company as well. The government should really pick up on ocean pollution, and recycling. Recycling may not seem like as big of a deal as you may think, but, recycling happens to be one of the best and easiest ways to help out the environment.
When people think of recycling it's usually plastic and paper, but you can also get rid of other things by recycling. Some of these things include, metal, batteries, bulbs, and electronics. Batteries can range from the small ones in your remote to car batteries. According to waste Management, “A typical car battery is made of 60% lead, nearly all of which can be recycled. Most of it is reused over and over again in new batteries.’’ Car batteries also are the most recycled product in America. Seventy-five percent of waste is recyclable, we are only recycling thirty percent. Recycling not only helps the ocean from potential pollution, but the environmental savings are huge. For example, recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to make them. Recycling also helps with jobs. More than 110,000 jobs could be created by reaching California's goal to achieve 75-percent solid-waste recycling by 2020, according to a new report by Natural Resources Defense Council. Now we’re aware of what we can and cannot recycle and its benefits, let's talk about what isn't being done. Globally, about 300 million tons of plastic are produced each year, around 10% is recycled. An estimated 7 million tons of plastic that wasn't recycled went to the sea. Not only that, but of all the plastic we use, 50% of it is used once then thrown away. That's not bad, but there is still room for improvement. The Container Recycling Institute found that the 36 billion aluminum cans thrown away in 2014 had a scrap value of more than $600 million. That's just cans. Imagine how much money we would save by recycling! 1,000 to 2,000 gallons of gasoline can be saved recycling just one ton of plastic. Recycling now improves the air, oceans, our money, jobs, gas and so much more. Recycling is definitely the way to go if you want a fast and easy
way to help out the ocean. Ocean pollution can happen so many ways, but can also be prevented different ways. We are responsible for 80% of ocean pollution, and if we bring that number down- even just a little bit- will help a lot. Different bans on dumping waste has helped drastically and prevented a possible speed of polluting, and slowed the process down. Different corporations are trying to benefit both the ocean and their companies by recycling usable items and making them into something new. I couldn't figure out why pollution happens, but I found so many other ways it occurs, from land runoff to the tiny micro plastic beads inside body scrubs. Usually, if there is a problem, there is most likely a solution or something that helps fix the problem a bit. There’s multiple ways to help, but i'm only going to give a few. Use public transportation or invest in a electric car or carpool. Buy some non-toxic eco friendly fertilizer, update sewer and water treatment, recycle as much as possible, cut up the six pack rings, pick up litter, buy products with little to no plastic packaging, don't wear sunscreen, donate to organizations that help the ocean, don't buy products that are harmful to the ocean after use, etc. The ocean is so important to our culture and society and helps us in many ways, we should keep the ocean as beautiful as it was before we started to pollute the water.