Why Littering Is Bad

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Argumentative Essay
Why littering bugs me and why it's bad.

Parg. 1 Thousands of animals and humans are affected negatively from littering every year. Here are some reasons on what i’m talking about. Littering hurts and kills animals and plants, makes the environment look messy, and is a health hazard.

Parg. 2 Reason # 1
Littering often kills and hurts animals and plants.
Ev- I’ve seen tons of videos showing birds that were found dead do to eating plastic.
Ev- Over 1 million seabirds die each year from high levels of pollution.
Ev- Plastic that is on the ground often goes through drains into the sea which sea animals may choke on.
Therefore we know littering is hurting the environment and something must be done!

Parg. 3 Reason #2
Makes our environment look messy
Ev- Littering makes our environment look messy because when i’ve been
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Ev- 63% of homes in the U.S. do too littering in their own home.
Therefore littering is making our environment look much messy but we can stop it if we stop littering.

Parg. 4 Reason #3
Can affect humans negatively
Ev- Littering attracts vermin which is breeding ground for bacteria which can bring diseases to humans.
Ev- When people throw broken glass and syringes on the ground it can cut people and animals while walking.
Ev- It can make the value of their property go down.
Therefore people who litter are affecting themselves and everyone else.

Parg. 5 Closing
Littering is bad because it often kills and hurts animals, makes our environment look messy, and affects the safety of humans and animals negatively. What I want people to do is to stop littering because it damages the earth. As human beings it is our responsibility to take care of our homes and littering is disrespectful.
If people do not stop littering there will be tons of pollution in the air making life much harder to

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