Speech on Beat Plastic Pollution
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Explanation:
Greetings of the day Ladies and Gentlemen – Welcome to the speech ceremony of today!
How are you all doing? I hope this day finds you in the best of spirits. The speech topic for today is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. Beat Plastic Pollution, as we all know, is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day. It is clearly a call to action for each one of us as we are expected to come together for a cause, i.e. to battle with the great environmental challenges posed before us. Our country played the host this year and chose the theme accordingly, i.e. to urge the countries from across the world to make changes in their day to day lives by taking the burden of plastic pollution off from our natural landscapes, our wildlife as well as our very own health.
Whereas plastic proves to be quite valuable to us, we have become over dependent on disposable or single-used plastic product leading to serious environmental consequences. Globally, one million drinking bottles of plastic are being purchased every single minute and with no reason to get surprised, we consume up to five trillion single-use plastic bags. In total, more than half of the plastic that we use is only single use.
About one third of the packaging that we use in the form of plastic escapes the waste collection and disposal system, which implies that it ends up blocking our city streets thereby causing pollution around us and making our natural surroundings to appear filthy. Every year, about 13 million tons of plastic is being dumped into our oceans where it chokes coral reefs and pose a serious threat to the vulnerable water living species. The plastic that is being dumped into the oceans can circle our planet earth four times in a year and it can retain its original form for about 1,000 years before completely disintegrating.
There are many things that we can do to beat plastic pollution, such as going up to the restaurants and asking them to stop the use of plastic straws, asking people to carry their own coffee mugs at workplace and putting pressure on the local authorities to streamline their city waste. Here is what rest you can do:
Carry your own bag to the shopping stores;
Don’t litter waste especially plastic waste on the road;
Avoid the use of plastic cutlery;
If you observe any plastic waste around yourself, put it in a refuse box
By putting our conscientious efforts we can actually get rid our environment of these toxic waste products and build a clean and green city. Did you know that plastic also act as a magnet having the ability to attract other pollutants along with metals, dioxins and pesticides?
So I request everyone to completely shun the use of plastics and switch to environment friendly products. This is all I have to say.
Thank you everyone!
Answer:
Good morning respected Principal, teachers and my fellow students. My speech for today is "Beat Plastic Pollution".
Plastics are things or objects made of organic polymers or synthetic compounds. Plastic is cheap and can be used to manufacture many useful products. But the overuse of plastic has become a bane to the environment and all forms of life on land, in seas, rivers, and lakes. This pollution by plastic is a health hazard. Exposure to toxic chemicals emitted by plastics causes cancer, decreases the effectiveness of the immune system, and is responsible for many other diseases.
The dumping of plastic bags, plastic bottles, etc. has created an unhygienic condition to our environment. Plastic litter has become major pollution in our towns and cities.
Plastics are not bio-degradable and can remain unchanged for many years. This adversely affects the fertility and the quality of the soil.
Our fresh water sources like rivers and lakes are becoming dumpsters for plastic bags.
Plastic bags find their way into rivers and oceans. They are swallowed by fish, seabirds, and other marine creatures leading to death by suffocation.
Since plastic bags, plastic bottles, and other discarded plastic products do not degrade, they accumulate in drainage and sewerage systems and block the flow causing waterlogging.
Plastic is often disposed of by burning and this releases poisonous gases into the atmosphere and pollutes the air we breathe.
To prevent plastic pollution, say "no" to plastic bags. Reduce the use of plastic products because lesser demand means lesser production. Recycle plastics instead of burning them or throwing them in dumps, rivers, etc. Don't buy bottled water. Carry your own non-toxic and non-plastic water bottle.
Thank you.