Bag Tax Persuasive Speech

Nothing natural from this world is infinite, and nothing is going to last forever. Atleast that is if the human race keeps going at the current rate its at. The environment holds food, resources, and shelter for all of the human race, but its not gonna hold any of those things if its all destroyed. Its not gonna happen immediately of course, but over time, when the younger and younger generations that soon lead this planet ask who ruined the world, they will know exactly who to blame. However there are ways to save everything, and everyone from this dark future. One of these many ways is something called a bag tax. A bag tax is when retailers choose to tax a certain amount for each bag used when stocking someones food. In chicago for example they recently just passed a law that puts a tax on bags. I know you may be asking how does a simple tax help? Each year ameicans use more than one hundred thousand plastic bags. As a result they always end up in strewn all over the place causing many environmental issues. The city tried many methods like banning them, to finding alternate uses. However the …show more content…
In australia fifty million garbage bags end up as litter yearly. Not only that but in the pacific ocean is a "plastic soup". A sort of giant patch of plastic floating in the pacific ocean that is even twice the size of the united states of america. Not only does the plastic harm the environment, it harms the animals that live in that environment. Approximately one hundred thousand sea turtles and other marine life. The marine life thinks the plastic is either food or simply gets strangled in it. This causes many animals to die yearly and animals are just as important to the environment as anything. They live in it, help it grow, and make it their home same as us. If theres nothing living in the environment then it doesnt have much of a purpouse except maybe for the resources in