Susana

** //*Focus Question: What can adults do to use less plastic?// **
=== //*Problem: Everyone uses too much plastic, and not all of it can be reused and recycled. Also, the process of recycling sometimes harms our environment, and it costs lots of money, so no one wants to buy it!!!!!!// ===

Do you keep track of how much plastic you use? Probably tons and tons of it right? Take a second to think about how plastic hurts our environment,and the little things that we can do to make a difference. Nature is always there for us and when trees start to disappear,it means that we need to regain control and do something to help our environment. If we all do our part and work, then we probably can get far. But there is just one slight problem..... PLASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now yes,it sound as horrible as a monster,but it does the same thing as one.Plastic hurts us,and nature.It's terrible! But still many people keep using it,having no caution of how much they use. Plastic is not the worst thing in our world,but we can't let one little thing like that slip away. While plastic is recycled, it releases bad toxic chemicals in the air. Now we don't want that do we? The main plastics that people use are probably plastic utensils because they are too lazy to use silverware, because they have to be washed. One silly thing,can cause so much damage! Fortunately for us, there is a solution!!!!!!!!! Biodegradable utensils! Biodegradable utensils can be decomposed, and turned back to nature. This is much better than recycling because chemicals do not go into our air. Now we just have to convince others to do the same! **Paragraph #2** Biodegradable utensils are great because unlike plastic utensils,they decay and return to nature. Using biodegradable utensils is really smart because they can be eaten with cold or warm foods. You probably can't even see the difference,besides that biodegradable utensils help our environment, while plastics cause chemicals on earth. Biodegradable utensils are renewable and seem to be more convenient to use for our environment. Besides, using plastic is not the best because hardly any of it is recycled. All of the forks, knives, and spoons that we use in a day are just thrown in the landfills,to add up to the trash that we already have.Why get more trash? Using biodegradable materials,is just like going to the library! You borrow a book, and then you turn it back in once you have finished reading it. With biodegradable materials,you use the utensils and after you are finished using them, they decay and go back to nature. We should get rid of plastic utensils because biodegradable utensils break down faster. Now a days, the prices have become cheaper, and more understanding. Don't worry about having to spend so much money when you don't have to!!! If you are still not convinced, then hang on because there is much more where that came from!!! **Paragraph #3** We must be very thankful that we have at least some stores that sell things that can decompose right? For instance, Walmart, and Tesco. The only problem is that not many stores sell them! Even though Tesco sells them, here in California,there probably isn't even a store named that way! Let's try to convince the cities to build more stores that sell biodegradable utensils, like Tesco. Almost all of the biodegradable materials that we have are sold in the Internet. So why not get them from the computer? Now there is a new problem! We need to try to convince stores to sell them! Especially biodegradable utensils! Why not talk to managers in stores about it or just stop buying plastics, to show what you really mean? If we can do this,then there would probably be no more plastic.Wouldn't that be great? Plastic is not the very worst, but life would be better off without it. If we can get the materials into the stores, to take place of the tons and tons of plastic,that would help a lot! Just reducing the amount of plastics that are out in stores saves energy. If we work together, we can make a difference, but first we have to show everyone else that we do care. The more stores sell biodegradable materials,the more the people would want to buy them,instead of using plastic.
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**Paragraph #4** Hopefully you have cared about out planet enough, to continue reading about the importance of using and buying biodegradable utensils and materials, instead of using plastic. Everyone pretty much has better things to do. Like maybe go shopping, or go to the movies, but if you think deeply about it, all of our clothes, papers, chairs, tables, etc. come from nature itself! If we don't take care of our planet, then we will all get affected. If you can't use biodegradable utensils, at least try to lower the amount of plastic you use, and only get it if it is absolutely necessary. Show how much you care about our plant. All plastic really does is hurt our environment as it gets thrown away very quickly. It is not even good to recycle things now a days! Think about how our planet wil look like in 20 years from now. Plastic releases toxic chemicals into our air, and we should use biodegradable utensils instead because they decompose after being used, and can go back to nature. After reading this, hopefully you have some energy to last. Don't just sit there! Do it! Make a change in our world! No more plastic! We use the healthy way from now on!!!!!!!

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