Introduction:
You wake up in the morning and stretch. Next you fill
your lungs with a deep breath of benzene, your favorite carcinogen. You choose
to engage a headache and actively decide to suffer gastro-intestinal pain. You
honor the use of a resource that cannot be renewed and all that you do
increases the waste on the face of this planet. The ozone is affected
drastically and the negative impact of your casual decision is hundreds of
years in the creation. This is the weight of every Styrofoam cup you use, every
Styrofoam take away container you choose to take from your favorite restaurant
and every Styrofoam plate casually discarded after its use on family pizza
night.
Transition: So many
people do not realize the detriment of Styrofoam upon our ecosystem.
I.
Styrofoam is very dangerous for our
environment.
A. It
affects our ozone, our health, and our marine waterways with a large negative
impact.
B. One
of its main components Benzene is a registered carcinogen.
Transition: There are
solutions to the problems that Styrofoam creates.
II.
There are two major areas of focus that
would help us eliminate the environmental burden Styrofoam creates.
A. We
should choose to no longer use Styrofoam products.
B. A
Styrofoam eating bacterium was discovered to help remove the Styrofoam that
exists already.
Transition: We are
responsible to take care of this issue.
Conclusion:
I have offered you the reasons why Styrofoam is
dangerous. I have shown you that there are other solutions that are actually
inexpensive and feasible in today’s economy. I have introduced you to the
realization that a bacterium exists to remove it from our planet. One person
can make a difference. Through my actions I was able to get the Provost of our
Clearwater Campus to agree not to allow the Café to carry Styrofoam products
any longer. Imagine if we could get MacDonald’s, Burger King, and some of the
larger chains to get on board. We could encircle the Earth a whopping four
hundred and thirty six times a year with Styrofoam coffee cups alone. Imagine
what that means if all other Styrofoam products were included in that data? We
are killing our planet! We have a responsibility to change the world around us.
I must insist you take action. Cease using Styrofoam today!
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