Speech: Recycling and A. Buying Recycle

Recycling Speech Outline
Quang Nguyen
8/16/2012
Speech 275

Recycling Speech Outline
INTRODUCTION:
I. Did you take out the trash? That’s the question that has been frequently asked of you to do. Whether from work or home, everyone has trash to throw out. But most people do not care about recycling enough to make the earth a better place. Recycling is painless and it doesn’t take that much time to do. Think of how much harm you cause to the environment when you do that. There’s already enough garbage in the world. Be a solution and not add on to the problem. II. You probably wonder how much trash we produce a year. The garbage we produced every year is quiet staggering; it’s to a tune of 250 million tons of garbage a year. Paper is made up of 30% of the trash. Food scraps, yard trimmings, metals, and plastic are made up approximately 50% of the trash in the USA. I 'll talk about recycling in 4 different parts. First, it 's environmental impact, second, what can be recycle, and 3rd is why should we recycle, and lastly the importance of using recycle products.
BODY:
1. Garbage has hurt the environment in many ways by filling up landfills with toxic materials that gets into our water and food supply.
A. Contaminated water supply
B. Air pollution
C. Need to manage the landfills from growing by recycling 2. There are many materials that can be recycled.
A. Paper
B. Plastic
C. Aluminum 3. Recycling should be the way of life because we want to have a clean earth for future generations to come.
A. Cleaner environment: air and water
B. Improve the health and welfare 4. You can change the environment by using products that will not harm it. It is label recyclable on it at the stores.
A. Buying recycle goods
B. Select to use products that can be recycle
CONCLUSION:
I. Recycle will help the world become cleaner and more efficient in the future. Think of it as helping out your future grandkids and their kids to keep life going on this planet. By doing the little things like putting the right trash in their appropriate bins, using recycle products, and basically everything that can harm the earth. You can set an example for your kids, they always follow what you do or say. So you can train them to recycle also. II. The earth is our home for many years to come, be a good human being and don’t destroy it by not recycling.

References
EPA (2012). Municipal solid waste. EPA.com Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm
Berry, J. (2009). How to recycle the big stuff. Earth911.com. Retrieved from http://earth911.com/news/2009/01/05/recycling-the-big-stuff/

References: EPA (2012). Municipal solid waste. EPA.com Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm Berry, J. (2009). How to recycle the big stuff. Earth911.com. Retrieved from http://earth911.com/news/2009/01/05/recycling-the-big-stuff/