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-
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