Teneille's speech about why we should recycle.

Why we should recycle.

Hi, my name is Teneille and I have a question for you. Would you like to live in polluted air? I know I wouldn’t!

 There are lots of reasons why we should recycle there’s pollution to landfills their all polluting our air. Next thing you know where dying and suffocating. If we don’t start to recycle we will die.

Here are some reasons why we should recycle.

1.    We need to reduce pollution. We can do that by:

Recycling more and not sending things to landfills.

2.    Reduction in landfills: the size of landfills can be significantly reduced if we start to recycle. Yes that’s right, it’s that easy!!!!

3.     Conservation of materials: all the new products are made from the raw materials which are produced from harvesting the natural material.     

How long will litter last?

Aluminium cans….500 years.

Glass bottles….1, 000, 000.

Plastic bags….10-20 years.

Plastic jugs….1, 000,000.

Tin soup can….80-100 years.

Disposable paper….500 years.

Rubber boot sole….50-80 years.

Leather….50 years.

Wool sock….1 year.

Orange and banana skins….3-4 week.

Cigarette butts….1-5 years.

That a lot for just litter.

Only an idiot would not recycle! If that person did not recycle we would all die because of how polluted our air is. Did you know? That not only is it bad to put electronics into the land fill, they are filled with valuable resources and materials including metals, plastic and glass. So, instead of throwing them out you can donate them to a charity organization or recycle them.

Here are some of the things I know about recycling.Recycling benefits everyone, REALLY! There is a limited amount of space on earth for us to live on!! Because we do not recycle. Recycling one ton of paper can save: 4,100 kilowatts of  power, 172 trees and 7000 gallons of water (that’s two tanker trucks!)

My school is trying to get a green gold award. We recycle paper, so then trees can get sent to us. We have also been renovating our adventure playground and keeping our school clean. So now I hope you can see my point of view of why we should recycle!!!!!!