Hello, my name is Taheesha and in my opinion, we should ban plastic straws because of our environment, marine life, and pollution. Plastic turns into something called microplastic that can get in the sea pretty easily. About 175 million straws are found in the sea or in animals. Around 100,000 marine mammals die each year because of plastic. Did you know every day approximately 8 million microplastic find their way into the oceans! Weighing up to 269,000 tonnes of plastic. So much of sea creatures are found dead even just by a few straws or microplastic in their body or system. The animals are dying by just a straw, you don't want that right? NO, we need to take part in the world! Would you like if there’s no fish in the sea and no animals left? Would you like it if there is no food, no clean water in the sea for marine creatures to live?
Pollution. Have you ever heard of that word? Pollution what does it mean? Well, pollution is something that is happening in our world. Pollution is something that comes into the environment that is dirty, unclean or has a harmful consequence. Toxic waste dumped into the water which means its hurting sea creatures. For example, a poor turtle got a four-inch (Ten cm) straw stuck in its nostrils. It is crazy to see how harmful plastic straws are. Did you know that it takes 500 years for a plastic straw to biodegrade. Plastic straws are unhealthy, poisonous and hurtful!
This is the main reason why animals are either getting hurt or sadly dying. I don't want this going on and on. Hopefully, we all decide to ban straws and start making changes. The world needs to be saved so we have to start now because we only have one.
Hi Taheesha!,
ReplyDeleteYou have a really good persuasive writing about why we should ban plastic straws. You have a great amount of reasons to back up your opinion. I like how you had great statistics and facts about these plastic straws. You did have some spelling mistakes, but other than that, you had a great persuasive writing.
Fantastic Work!