300-350 words speech on say no to plastic
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Who had thought plastic would one day become such an unmanageable problem for the entire world? Plastic is problematic! Its use in almost everything has led to such humongous piles of indecomposable waste matter that it has created real hell of debris on land and in water. The water bodies and the aquatic flora and fauna have been affected the most.
A walk along any river, lake, and beach is sufficient to know the consequences of this ubiquitous ugliness floating. According to Ocean Crusaders, an organization dedicated to fighting plastic pollution 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, plastic debris kills an estimated 100,000 marine mammals annually, as well as millions of birds and fishes. Scientists in their recent research have found plastic to be much more toxic than previously expected. Plastic is making our environment highly toxic.
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1) Plastic bags look very useful and convenient but act as hazard to the ecosystem.
2) They are non-biodegradable items which stay in our ecosystem destructing the biodiversity.
3) Plastic bags are a major cause for water logging in cities during rainfalls disrupting lives.
4) They mix with the soil and do not let water pass through them making the land infertile.
5) Wild animals often eat them mistaking it as food items resulting in their deaths.
6) Thousands of whales and turtles are killed by eating plastic bags mistaking it as a jellyfish.
7) ‘Say No to Plastic Bags’ is the best way to avoid these situations and save our environment.
8) It is always better to carry cotton or jute bags before going for shopping which will reduce the use of plastic bags.
9) Synthetic bags should be disposed of properly and littering should be completely avoided.
10) Government should act to completely ban the production and circulation of plastic bags to save out ecosystem.