Reusable Water Bottles
Outline: Reusable Water Bottles
I. Introduction A. 50 billion plastic water bottles end up in the U.S. landfills each year. That’s 140 million every day! That is enough, laid end to end, to reach China and back each day. (“Tap water vs bottled water..”) B. According to our class survey, more than half of the class buys water bottles more frequently than others. C. I, myself, use to buy bottled water almost everyday, at school, work and the gym.
II. Thematic Statement A. Reusable water bottles are good for our environment, our wallets and our health. B. Pre Summary 1. Plastic water bottles are one of the hardest waste to break down. 2. People are unaware of the damage it can bring to our environment and our health 3. We can help to reduce our carbon foot print when we invest in reusable water bottles.
TR First lets take a look at the problem
III. Problem A. Plastic pollution is a world wide problem. 1. There is a “growing patch” of plastic estimated to be more than twice the size of Texas floating in the North Pacific Ocean. a. In 2008, Americans drank an average 215 bottles of water each year, for a total of 66 billion bottles. Of that total, only 22% was recycled. (“Resources..”) b. So imagine, every six water bottles we use, only one of them makes it to the recycling bin while the others end up in landfills, or even worse, lakes, rivers and oceans. c. We are shipping 1 billion water bottles a week around the U.S. in ships, trains, and trucks. (“Resources..”) 2. Disposable plastic water bottles are made out of oil, which is a limited natural resource. a. Currently, the amount of oil we use to produce water bottles each year (17 million barrels) could fuel over 1,000,000 cars for an entire year. (“Resources..”) b. We are paying 2 to 4 times the cost of gasoline for a product that is virtually free, but in reality c. We are paying more to make water bottles than to
I. Introduction A. 50 billion plastic water bottles end up in the U.S. landfills each year. That’s 140 million every day! That is enough, laid end to end, to reach China and back each day. (“Tap water vs bottled water..”) B. According to our class survey, more than half of the class buys water bottles more frequently than others. C. I, myself, use to buy bottled water almost everyday, at school, work and the gym.
II. Thematic Statement A. Reusable water bottles are good for our environment, our wallets and our health. B. Pre Summary 1. Plastic water bottles are one of the hardest waste to break down. 2. People are unaware of the damage it can bring to our environment and our health 3. We can help to reduce our carbon foot print when we invest in reusable water bottles.
TR First lets take a look at the problem
III. Problem A. Plastic pollution is a world wide problem. 1. There is a “growing patch” of plastic estimated to be more than twice the size of Texas floating in the North Pacific Ocean. a. In 2008, Americans drank an average 215 bottles of water each year, for a total of 66 billion bottles. Of that total, only 22% was recycled. (“Resources..”) b. So imagine, every six water bottles we use, only one of them makes it to the recycling bin while the others end up in landfills, or even worse, lakes, rivers and oceans. c. We are shipping 1 billion water bottles a week around the U.S. in ships, trains, and trucks. (“Resources..”) 2. Disposable plastic water bottles are made out of oil, which is a limited natural resource. a. Currently, the amount of oil we use to produce water bottles each year (17 million barrels) could fuel over 1,000,000 cars for an entire year. (“Resources..”) b. We are paying 2 to 4 times the cost of gasoline for a product that is virtually free, but in reality c. We are paying more to make water bottles than to